Satellite images indicate construction at Iran's Natanz nuclear plant

Work is apparently underway at a facility where Tehran said an act of sabotage caused an explosion in July.
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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
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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.” 

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