New Satellite Images Show Iranians Feverishly Trying to Clean Up the Mess at Fordow Nuclear Site

Red State ^ | 06/29/2025 | Bob Hoge

[SeekAndFind]

There has been much discussion and conflicting opinions on how much damage the U.S. “Operation Midnight Hammer” strikes did to Iran’s nuclear facilities, especially the underground site Fordow. President Trump and his team claim that the 14 bunker-busting bombs destroyed the place and left it inoperable, while the mainstream media has been working aggressively to say the attacks only set Iran’s nuclear dreams back by a few months.

Now there is fresh evidence that the late-night B-2 stealth bomber-led strikes caused plenty of destruction, and the Iranians are already trying to clean it up:

NEW FORDOW SATELLITE IMAGES

Ongoing activity includes cranes, excavators at entrances and shafts

VIA 📷 @maxar

Collected June 29

“…new high-resolution satellite imagery today (June 29th) that reveals ongoing activity at and near the ventilation shafts and holes caused by last week’s airstrikes on the Fordow fuel enrichment complex in Iran.

On today’s imagery, an excavator and several personnel are positioned immediately next to the northern shaft on the ridge above the underground complex.

The crane appears to be operating at the entrance to the shaft/hole. Several additional vehicles are also seen below the ridge and are parked along the access path that was built to access the site.”

pic.twitter.com/MpjTxTU7LV— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) June 29, 2025

The rest of the tweet from independent journalist Catherine Herridge in full:

“…new high-resolution satellite imagery today (June 29th) that reveals ongoing activity at and near the ventilation shafts and holes caused by last week’s airstrikes on the Fordow fuel enrichment complex in Iran.

On today’s imagery, an excavator and several personnel are positioned immediately next to the northern shaft on the ridge above the underground complex.

The crane appears to be operating at the entrance to the shaft/hole. Several additional vehicles are also seen below the ridge and are parked along the access path that was built to access the site.”

I think we should tell the Iranians to get their equipment out of there right now or else we’ll blow it up too, but hey, I’m not in charge.

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The strikes were meant to prevent the Islamic Republic from making a nuclear weapon, and even if the exact amount of devastation to Fordow is not known, it’s clear that there was plenty of pain inflicted:

The Fordow site, which is buried within a mountain near Qom, about 60 miles southwest of Tehran, was bombed by the U.S. on June 22, resulting in six prominent craters and a noticeable spread of grey debris, according to satellite photos.

On the following day, Israel confirmed it had conducted a second strike on Fordow, specifically targeting the roads leading to the facility. Iranian officials later acknowledged this attack.

Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters during a Pentagon briefing last Sunday that while all three Iranian nuclear sites targeted in the strike "sustained extremely severe damage and destruction," the full damage would take time to assess.

NEW SATELLITE IMAGES FROM FORDOW show activity near bombed ventilation shafts. “MAXAR collected new high-resolution satellite imagery today (June 29th) that reveals ongoing activity at and near the ventilation shafts and holes caused by last week’s airstrikes on the Fordow fuel enrichment complex in Iran. On today’s imagery, an excavator and several personnel are positioned immediately next to the northern shaft on the ridge above the underground complex. The crane appears to be operating at the entrance to the shaft/hole. Several additional vehicles are also seen below the ridge and are parked along the access path that was built to access the site. In the link provided below, you can download several images from today which provide an overview of the complex, closer views of the activity on top of the ridge as well as views of the tunnel entrances to the underground complex.”

pic.twitter.com/GMDl08vYTi— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) June 29, 2025

The $64,000 question now becomes, if the Iranians are successful in clearing the tunnels, will they find anything down there that hasn’t been blown to smithereens? I'm betting they'll find a hellscape waiting for them, and if so, they certainly won't admit it. 

Even if they did discover some functioning machinery, who would ever feel safe operating it? After all, the U.S. could always make a return visit.

[Libloather]

Who gets to introduce the next Stuxnet 2.0 flash drive?

[SaveFerris]

Fooled Around
Found Out

[Captain Peter Blood]

I doubt that happens. I am sure none those computers are hooked up to the internet, which means that would have to be done manually on site for each site.

[Captain Peter Blood]

I don’t think it matters what damage was done they moved everything and from what I understand they have multiple nuclear research sites around Iran.

Which means to have regime change and take out those facilities would require a ground army to invade and that army would have to be around 1 Million troops and support, with probably a 50% casualty rate just like the assessment that was done for the invasion of Japan. To raise that kind of army would mean bringing back the Draft. Vietnam Redux!

So would Americans and the arm chair generals support sending their kids and grandkids off to war?

[Uncle Miltie]

Exactly nobody is proposing that.

Tylenol helps with fever dreams…

[Equine1952]

If my house burnt down I’d go right to my fire proof quote/unquote gun safe and see if anything survived. I’d be angry at who if anybody did cause it to burn. If I decided I effed up and left my iron, fireplace, stove, etc turned on and the fire was my fault, I’d change my habits. If any of yall think Iran will, then yall need psychiatric help. Trump should have let the Israelis go the day they were called back. You don’t talk a black mamba out of striking you, you kill it or leave it alone. IMO

[montag813]

The bombing was worth it just to beta test the MOPs. Mossad will let us know more detail on the actual damage, since they probably have a guy among the cleanup workers (speaking perfect Farsi with a local accent, of course).

[Secret Agent Man]

I think there should be repeat visits. Until they stop trying to go back in.

[Getready]

They will bury it deeper and separate the components. They will use any other cooperative governments land. They will be happy with a ten year plan. Takes a long time to conquer the world and destroy Israel.

[Equine1952]

Or! The Iranians could just buy a nuke weapon. Hell the French will sell to anyone. Trouble is? A weapon like that is hard to hide and it’s a weapon that brings bad things back to the seller from the country that got hit. The lion has stayed in the cage since Japan and WWII. It’s best to keep it that way. Like the genie, once the lion is loose it’s over. IMO

[BushCountry]

“I don’t think it matters what damage was done they moved everything and from what I understand they have multiple nuclear research sites around Iran.”

The big lie by mainstream media, and you fell for it. It is impressive that you still believe the mainstream media lies. British, Israeli, American, and several other intelligence agencies state that their nuclear program is set back years, and yet you think the deep state molds lies about an initial assessment. The 14 trucks, or whatever they were, were not moving stuff out; they were moving things in to protect them. They thought the place impregnable. And they knew that the Israelis could not damage anything inside their deep, fortified stronghold. No one believed that bunker bombs by the US were going to be used—also, those trucks were not capable of moving highly enriched uranium.

What makes more sense, moving stuff out of an impregnable fortress, or moving things in that you want protected? Their nuclear ambitions are on hold until at least Trump leaves. They know Trump will just bomb them again.

[Equine1952]

You ever rolled with a nuke? You sir don’t have a clue. Do you know what level of enrichment you have to have to make a nuke? You’re smarter than the Mossad? What’s your experience? Mine is in my tagline. Go Fish.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

So would Americans and the arm chair generals support sending their kids and grandkids off to war?

Nobody in the United States "sends" their children and grandchildren off to war. It's an all-volunteer military.

[Equine1952]

You get the education and hands on training to do a trade. You give up home life, you get paid but have to live the way your commanders tell you too (I was once ordered not to snow sky) ,and you miss some home and family time to be in harms way. You get a great pride and comrades to go through your life with. You’ll lose some, some you keep. It was worth the trip and risk to me. IMO

[Captain Peter Blood]

If a very large army were needed then the draft would have to come back because there would never be enough volunteers

[DAC21]

“I don’t think it matters what damage was done they moved everything and from what I understand they have multiple nuclear research sites around Iran”

Well it must matter to the Mullahs if they are trying to dig the place out.

[JerseyDvl]

I do not think anything was moved and that was just another Iranian and MSM lie. The media will say anything to reduce Trump, even after a success such as this and the Iranians are trying to save face.

Moving material like that is extremely difficult and would require a huge mobilization. In addition, Israel was watching closely in the run up to the strikes and would have moved against such a convoy as they were bombing the hell out of the rest of the country. Not to mention that this activity only confirms these facts.

The movement of the Uranium is a similar hoax to what CNN pulled with their low confidence assessment.

[Jarhead9297]

Moved everything? Nuclear material jostling around freely within trucks? 100% doubtful

[PIF]

unfortunately, the low res .jpgs pixelate when trying to see what they are talking about.