Restricted satellite images analysed by BBC Verify indicate that recent strikes caused damage across Iran’s nuclear programme and military infrastructure.

In imagery of locations tied to Iran’s nuclear and weapons-related activities, analysts describe visible damage at key sites including Natanz—long linked to uranium enrichment—and other facilities connected to enrichment-related processes. The reporting also points to damage at military and air-defence installations, including missile storage and related defence infrastructure, as well as sites assessed to be involved in drone activity and radar coverage.

BBC Verify notes that the exact overall scale of damage to Iran’s military capability cannot be fully confirmed from satellite imagery alone, especially where damage is obscured by smoke, weather, or cloud cover and where some impacts may occur outside the clearest lines of sight captured by satellites.

The analysis further highlights effects reported at Iranian command-and-control and military headquarters areas in Tehran, alongside damage across multiple provinces. It also describes the broader pattern of strikes as aimed at disrupting Iran’s ability to produce or deploy military capabilities, including missile and air-defence systems.

As the conflict continues, the imagery provides one of the most detailed open-source views yet of what appears to have been hit inside Iran, while officials and analysts continue to assess the strategic consequences.