
Amid fears of US attack, Iran Is Hiding Its 'Nuclear Gold': Uranium
India Today
As US strikes loom, Iran digs deeper at its nuclear sites and moves its flagship drone carrier six kilometres south of Bandar Abbas.
Far out at sea, the United States has assembled its steel armada, the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group. Closer to shore, the Iranian Navy’s Shahid Bagheri drone carrier sits roughly six kilometres off the coast of Bandar Abbas. On land, Iran appears visibly gripped by unease.
Commercial satellite imagery analysed by researchers at the Institute of Science and International Security(ISIS) shows how Iran’s actions have shifted as US military forces move closer. Iran is burying its nuclear infrastructure deeper underground, as per analysis by American physicist and weapons expert David Albright and his team. Tunnel entrances being buried at Esfahan nuclear site
In what appeared to be a swift retaliatory response to the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, Iranian state-affiliated media reported that Iran had moved “hundreds of fast, missile-launching and support vessels” into close proximity with the American carrier strike group. Additional satellite pictures reviewed by India Today show the IRGC Navy’s Shahid Bagheri drone carrier six kilometres off Bandar Abbas on the Strait of Hormuz.
The 12-day war last year saw the US strike Fordow and Natanz with bunker-buster bombs, reportedly inflicting major damage and Iran appears to have learned its lesson.
Recent satellite imagery indicates renewed efforts by Iran to further bury tunnel entrances at one of its primary nuclear facilities within the Esfahan nuclear complex, with heaps of fresh soil over the access points. The analysis also identifies a series of dump trucks carrying soil along the access road to the tunnel complex, suggesting continued backfilling activity, likely aimed at further sealing the central entrance. Reconstruction at the Esfahan site
The United States dropped 12, 30,000-pound GBU-57 MOPs on Fordow in June 2025, targeting the site’s ventilation shafts that led to a centrifuge cascade hall located at least 200 feet underground.

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