Satellite images indicate construction at Iran's Natanz nuclear plant

Al-Monitor Staff

Oct 28, 2020

Iran's Atomic Energy Vice-President Ali Akbar Salehi, is seen speaking on a screen as he attends virtually the 64th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria on September 21, 2020. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR / AFP) / The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by JOE KLAMAR has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [Ali Akbar Salehi] instead of [Zarif]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all — Iran's Atomic Energy Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi is seen speaking on a screen as he virtually attends the 64th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria on Sept. 21, 2020. — JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images

Iran is carrying out construction work at Natanz, the nuclear facility damaged in a massive fire this summer, according to new satellite images released on Wednesday.

Imagery from the San Francisco-based Planet Labs and carried by the Associated Press indicate construction on a road to the south of Natanz, Iran’s largest uranium-enrichment site. The road heads toward what “analysts believe is a former firing range for security forces at the enrichment facility.”