BBC Verify Live: Using fresh satellite imagery to locate strikes in Iran and Israel

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ICYMI: Satellite imagery reveals damage to Iran nuclear sitespublished at 09:42 British Summer Time

Paul Brown and Shayan Sardarizadeh
BBC Verify senior journalists

Satellite imagery shows four quadrants that show nuclear sites with damage in IranImage source, Maxar / BBC

Recently released satellite imagery from Maxar shows the clearest picture yet of what happened at the Iranian nuclear sites at Natanz and Isfahan.

At Natanz, we can see damage to the pilot fuel enrichment plant and an electrical substation, according to analysis by the Institute for Space and International Security.

This follows on from earlier analysis of radar imagery that first showed the damage.

On Friday, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, told the UN Security Council that "the above-ground part of the pilot fuel enrichment plant, where Iran was producing uranium enriched up to 60% U-235, has been destroyed".

Uranium-235 is essential both for nuclear power stations and also for nuclear weapons.

Verified footage taken shortly after the strikes show several plumes of smoke rising from the site.

A satellite graphic shows damage to the Natanz nuclear facility

On Saturday, the IAEA confirmed that four "critical buildings" had been damaged in Isfahan,, external including the Uranium conversion facility and the fuel plate fabrication plant.

A satellite image graphic shows damage to the Isfahan nuclear site in Iran

BBC Verify analysis of the latest images from Maxar found visible damage to at least two structures at Isfahan and an apparent scorch mark near the periphery of the site.

The IAEA has said that "no increase in off-site radiation" has been recorded at either Natanz or Isfahan.

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