What satellite images reveal about Israel's strikes on Iran

Satellite images analysed by BBC Verify amusement harm to a fig of subject sites successful Iran from Israeli aerial strikes connected Saturday.

They see sites experts accidental were utilized for rocket accumulation and aerial defence, including 1 antecedently linked to Iran’s atomic programme.

Satellite imagery pursuing the Israeli strikes shows harm to buildings astatine what experts accidental is simply a large weapons improvement and accumulation installation astatine Parchin, astir 30km (18.5 miles) eastbound of Tehran.

The tract has been linked to rocket accumulation according to experts from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).

Comparing high-resolution outer imagery taken connected 9 September with an representation captured connected 27 October, it appears that astatine slightest 4 structures person been importantly damaged.

One of these structures, known arsenic Taleghan 2, has been antecedently linked to Iran’s atomic programme by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

In 2016 the IAEA recovered evidence of uranium particles astatine the site, raising questions astir banned atomic enactment there.

Another tract seemingly targeted successful the Israeli aerial strikes is astatine Khojir, astir 20km north-west of Parchin.

Fabian Hinz of the ISS says “Khojir is known arsenic the country with the highest attraction of ballistic missile-related infrastructure wrong Iran.”

It was the tract of a mysterious ample detonation successful 2020.

Satellite photos amusement astatine slightest 2 buildings successful the analyzable look to person been severely damaged.

A subject tract astatine Shahroud, astir 350km to the eastbound of Tehran, has besides sustained damage, according to outer imagery taken aft the Israeli strikes.

Located successful the bluish state of Semnan, this country is important due to the fact that it’s been progressive successful the accumulation of long-range rocket components, according to Fabian Hinz of the IISS.

Nearby is the Shahroud Space Centre, controlled by the Revolutionary Guards Corps, from which Iran launched a subject outer into abstraction successful 2020.

Israel has claimed that it successfully targeted Iran’s aerial defence systems astatine fig of locations but it’s hard to corroborate this with the outer imagery available.

We person obtained outer imagery which appears to amusement harm to a tract described by experts arsenic a radar installation.

It's located connected Shah Nakhjir upland adjacent to the occidental metropolis of Ilam, and Jeremy Binnie, Middle East specializer astatine Janes, a defence quality company, says this whitethorn person been a recently updated radar defence system.

The tract itself was established decades ago, but outer pictures analysed by unfastened root experts show it has undergone large renovation successful caller years.

We've besides identified what appears to beryllium harm to a retention portion astatine the Abadan Oil Refinery based successful the south-western state of Khuzestan.

However, we don’t cognize what caused it and determination is apt to beryllium harm successful immoderate areas crossed Iran caused by debris oregon misfiring defence systems.

The New York Times cited Israeli officials as saying that the Abadan lipid refinery was 1 of the sites targeted successful its aerial strikes connected Saturday morning.

Iranian authorities confirmed connected Saturday that Khuzestan state had been targeted by Israel.

Abadan lipid refinery is the country’s largest, susceptible of producing 500,000 barrels a day, according to its main executive.

Satellite imagery isn't ever conclusive successful identifying damaged structures.

For example, a photograph we person verified showing fume rising adjacent Hazrat Amir Brigade Air Defence basal suggested it had been successfully targeted. But outer imagery of the country captured connected Sunday has excessively galore shadows to corroborate immoderate harm to the site.

Iran launched a rocket onslaught connected Israel at the commencement of October for the 2nd clip this year, aft firing 300 missiles and drones successful April.