Satellite images analyzed by an imaging company and shared with The Associated Press show damage at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, Iran’s main enrichment site, following the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, according to officials and nuclear watchdogs.
Satellite images of Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility taken on Monday showed several damaged buildings compared with imagery from the previous day, along with additional damage across the facility’s complex, the imaging company Vantor said. Vantor, a Colorado-based imaging company formerly known as Maxar Technologies, released images it said showed damage to buildings housing personnel and to vehicle entrances to the underground fuel enrichment complex.
The Associated Press reported that earlier Tuesday the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said the Natanz enrichment site sustained “some recent damage” after the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran. In the same period, the International Atomic Energy Agency said there was “no radiological consequence expected.”
Natanz, located nearly 220 kilometers (135 miles) southeast of Tehran, is Iran’s main enrichment site. The facility had been targeted by Israeli airstrikes in the 12-day war between Iran and Israel in June 2025, and it had also been targeted by the U.S. during prior conflict-related operations.
The Associated Press reported that Monday’s attack on the Natanz facility marked the first confirmed strike against a nuclear site in Iran during the latest round of fighting. The reporting also connected the strike to rhetoric from the U.S. government in the aftermath of last summer’s brief war, when the administration said Iran’s nuclear capabilities had been “obliterated.”
Ahead of the current round of hostilities, President Donald Trump warned about Iran’s nuclear ambitions again, the Associated Press said, including a claim that Iran was seeking to rebuild its nuclear program. Separately, Iran has said it has not enriched since June, while the U.S. said it targeted sites in part because inspectors have limited access.
The Associated Press reported that the IAEA said last week in a confidential report seen by the news organization that, due to a lack of access, it “cannot provide any information on the current size, composition or whereabouts of the stockpile of enriched uranium in Iran.” The same set of conditions has meant inspectors cannot directly verify enrichment-related activity at the sites that were hit.
The Associated Press also reported that satellite photos it analyzed showed new activity at two of Iran’s four declared enrichment facilities, suggesting that Iran was trying to assess and potentially recover material after the strikes.