Have US strikes ‘obliterated’ Iran’s three main nuclear facilities, as Trump claims?

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Have US strikes ‘obliterated’ Iran’s three main nuclear facilities, as Trump claims?  Post-strike satellite images from the three targets of Operation Midnight Hammer provide a first glimpse into the damage inflicted on Iran’s nuclear facilities.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/06/23/have-us-strikes-obliterated-irans-three-main-nuclear-facilities-as-trump-claims  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Have U.S. strikes obliterated Iran's nuclear facilities?

00:08U.S. officials say Operation Midnight Hammer has sent back Iran's nuclear program.

00:14We devastated the Iranian nuclear program.

00:18We've been looking at satellite imagery to estimate the degree of destruction at the three sites targeted.

00:24Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.

00:27This is Iran's most secretive uranium enrichment site buried into the mountainside in Fordow.

00:34And this is Fordow after the strikes.

00:37Six penetration holes can be seen where the U.S.'s 13,000 kilogram GBU-59 bunker-busting bombs

00:45hit what experts believe are ventilation shafts that link to the underground enrichment holes.

00:52We can also see ash and discoloration on the mountain due to the underground explosion.

00:57These bunker-busters work like a needle, penetrating as much as 60 metres underground before exploding

01:03in order to destroy subterranean facilities such as Fordow's.

01:08And this is Natanz, Iran's largest nuclear enrichment centre, which was also impacted by a bunker-buster here.

01:15Experts say this point is directly above the underground enrichment holes.

01:21Experts we've spoken to all say these images suggest significant destruction.

01:26But this image, taken at Fordow hours before the attack, shows as many as 16 trucks stationed along the access road.

01:35It means Iran could have moved some of its highly enriched uranium to an undisclosed location at the last minute in order to preserve it.

01:43While emerging evidence suggests key Iranian nuclear facilities have suffered major destruction,

01:49it's too early to tell to what extent it's set back to Iran's nuclear programme.

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