00:00Satellite images reveal new construction at Iran's nuclear sites,
00:29facilities bombed last year by Israel and the United States.
00:36But these aren't ordinary repairs.
00:40Are they rebuilding or hiding something far more sensitive?
00:44New roofs cover damaged buildings at Isfahan and Natanz while work continues underground.
00:51Experts warn what's happening beneath these roofs could be impossible to see from space.
00:58Analysts say the coverings are likely meant to conceal salvage operations,
01:03recovering highly enriched uranium or other sensitive materials left after last year's strikes.
01:10They want to see what survived without letting Israel or the U.S. know,
01:15says Andrea Stricker from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
01:20With inspectors barred from the International Atomic Energy Agency,
01:24satellite monitoring is the only way the world can keep tabs,
01:28and these new structures make that much harder.
01:33Last June, Israel hit Iran's Natanz and Isfahan sites,
01:38targeting enrichment facilities and centrifuge production.
01:41The U.S. followed up with strikes on underground halls,
01:45using bunker-busting bombs and cruise missiles.
01:51The attacks caused major damage, slowing Iran's nuclear program,
01:56but leaving key assets buried or scattered.
02:00Natanz housed advanced centrifuges enriching uranium up to 60%,
02:05while Isfahan produced uranium gas used in enrichment.
02:10A third site, Fordo, remains deep underground and heavily fortified.
02:15Now, satellite images show new roofs completed over destroyed Natanz and Isfahan buildings.
02:22Excavation continues at Natanz's pickaxe mountain,
02:26possibly signaling a new underground nuclear facility.
02:30Tunnels near Isfahan are being reinforced and reopened,
02:34while dirt is being filled into other tunnels,
02:37a defensive measure Iran used before the strikes.
02:40Experts like Sarah Burkhardt of the Institute for Science and International Security say,
02:47these roofs are part of an operation to recover assets or rubble
02:51without letting us know what they're getting out of there.
02:54It's not just nuclear facilities.
02:57Iran is rapidly rebuilding missile sites, including Parchin and Talagan II,
03:02which are linked to high-explosive testing for nuclear weapons.
03:06Analysts say these sites are being reinforced to resist future strikes.
03:13All this comes amid rising U.S.-Iran tensions.
03:16President Trump has repeatedly demanded that Tehran negotiate a nuclear deal
03:21or face the threat of military action.
03:25At the same time, Iran insists its program is peaceful,
03:29even as the West points out that the country retains the technical capability
03:33to pursue a nuclear weapon.
03:36New roofs, secret tunnels and rebuilt missile sites the world is watching,
03:41but Iran may be keeping its most critical moves hidden.
03:45The big question, is this simply reconstruction
03:48or a covert effort to recover what was thought destroyed?
03:52END
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