Satellite images show Iranian sites before and after airstrikes
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Satellite imagery captured Sunday and Monday by Vantor shows the aftermath of the U.S.-Israeli strikes on multiple sites in Iran. In:
Satellite imagery captured Sunday and Monday by Vantor shows the aftermath of the U.S.-Israeli strikes on multiple sites in Iran.
The U.S. struck more than 1,250 targets over the first two days of Operation Epic Fury, according to a fact sheet released by U.S. Central Command, which said the U.S. is hitting targets "to dismantle the Iranian regime's security apparatus, prioritizing locations that pose an imminent threat."
The satellite images show damage to sites including the Choqa Balk-e drone facility, former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound, the Natanz nuclear complex and a radar system at Zahedan airbase.
Khamenei was killed in one of the initial strikes, along with about 40 other senior Iranian officials. Khamenei's movements had been tracked for months by the CIA, which learned about a Saturday morning meeting at a compound in Tehran that Khamenei was expected to attend, according to a person familiar with the matter. That intelligence was then passed on to Israeli counterparts, the person told CBS News.
The Natanz enrichment facility was one of three nuclear sites that were previously targeted by separate Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in June last year. It was unclear how much those initial strikes damaged Iran's nuclear program.
