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Iran Rebuilds, Fortifies Remaining Nuclear Sites To Defend Against Potential US Strike
https://freebeacon.com/ ^ | February 20, 2026 | Adam Kredo

Posted on 02/20/2026 6:31:09 PM PST by bitt

The construction projects suggest Tehran has no intention of ending its nuclear program

Iran has spent the past several months fortifying two nuclear sites against an aerial strike and excavating areas the United States and Israel destroyed last June, according to recent satellite imagery analyzed by the Institute for Science and International Security.

The Islamic Republic has been burying its new Taleghan 2 facility at its Parchin military complex, under construction since May 2025, since at least September 2025. The activity has continued through February, with crews "visibly pouring fresh concrete" around the area and piling soil on top of a structure that likely contains sensitive equipment. Similar efforts are underway at the Esfahan nuclear complex, which the United States and Israel badly damaged in their strikes against the regime's nuclear program last year. Satellite photos from the end of January show the Islamic Republic "re-burying the southernmost and the middle entrances with soil."

The movement around these locations suggests that Iran is making preparations for another conflict with the United States and seeking to protect whatever remains of its nuclear sites after the U.S.-Israeli campaign last year. The evidence also indicates that Tehran's hardline regime has not scaled back its nuclear pursuits, defying President Donald Trump's statement that a good deal with Iran would mean "no nuclear weapons, no missiles."

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1 posted on 02/20/2026 6:31:09 PM PST by bitt
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2 posted on 02/20/2026 6:31:23 PM PST by bitt (<IMG SRC=' 'WIDTH=500>)
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To: bitt

Under ground bunkers must have entrances and ventilation shafts.


3 posted on 02/20/2026 6:35:23 PM PST by Repeal The 17th ( I am obsessed with not being obsessed with anything.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

And electricity


4 posted on 02/20/2026 6:39:04 PM PST by RightWingNut
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To: bitt

Do they think we can’t just hit them again? even harder.


5 posted on 02/20/2026 6:39:55 PM PST by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

Theirs would have a doorway straight to Hell.


6 posted on 02/20/2026 6:48:41 PM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: bitt

Negotiations with Islamists is a dead end….one way or another.
Military defeat is the best bet especially when they want YOU dead.
The US is the great satan.
Just ask Obama and his band of demonic democrat pawns.
They even use bioweapons to get what they want no matter how many they kill.


7 posted on 02/20/2026 7:01:31 PM PST by doc maverick
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To: Repeal The 17th

Precisely.


8 posted on 02/20/2026 7:34:49 PM PST by dadgum (Fight to WIN or do not fight at all)
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To: bitt

bkmk


9 posted on 02/20/2026 8:16:11 PM PST by sauropod
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To: RightWingNut

And hookers.


10 posted on 02/20/2026 8:20:39 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Sailing the Sea of Ignorance on a Ship named Free Republic)
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To: Mr. Lucky
Theirs would have a doorway straight to Hell.

They already have one. They call it a 'well'.

11 posted on 02/20/2026 8:22:00 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Sailing the Sea of Ignorance on a Ship named Free Republic)
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To: bitt

Last year when Israel and the USA attacked Iran’s nuclear sites how many planes and casualties occurred on our side? Israel did not do strategic bombing but took out air defenses with great skill. Then the Great Bat (The B2) dropped precision bombs. It worked

For those of poor memory the number was ZERO loses of planes nor men.


12 posted on 02/20/2026 8:49:37 PM PST by cpdiii
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To: bitt

Last year when Israel and the USA attacked Iran’s nuclear sites how many planes and casualties occurred on our side? Israel did not do strategic bombing but took out air defenses with great skill. Then the Great Bat (The B2) dropped precision bombs. It worked

For those of poor memory the number was ZERO loses of planes nor men.


13 posted on 02/20/2026 9:09:18 PM PST by cpdiii
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To: bitt

Dropping off bombs on it, eventually they will go through.


14 posted on 02/20/2026 9:53:05 PM PST by roving
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To: cpdiii
PS I lived in Iran in the early sixties as a young boy of 13 years old. My parents were working there. I went to the Tehran American School with also a few Iranian kids that spoke English. Their parent were wise to enroll them. It was not cheap for them nor my parents. I liked Iran then as a kid and with little political beliefs.

I well remember sitting upstairs with Ali and his dad and friends. The room was warmed and Tea was served and caviar on crackers. It was all delicios. The tea was not sweetened. Rock sugar was severed. One put the rock beneath the lips and then drank the tea. I most loved the Souk. I could go there in perfect safety and also loved the National Museum. It was magnificent. Sadly that is nor more. My playmate next door in 1960 with the name of Ali, is probably dead. His dad was the police loyal to the Shah. Thus probably dead many years ago. I hope I am wrong about Ali We were just kids and friends. He was my friend.

15 posted on 02/20/2026 9:59:49 PM PST by cpdiii
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To: Repeal The 17th

Under ground bunkers must have entrances and ventilation shafts.


To few of them so B2s will make more of them.


16 posted on 02/21/2026 5:07:24 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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