US Airstrikes Iran: Fresh satellite images have revealed the scale of destruction at Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility after a dramatic US airstrike, suggesting major damage to the underground site and its surrounding mountain. The imagery, captured on Sunday and analysed by The Associated Press, shows damaged entryways and grey discolouration on the mountain signs pointing to the likely use of American bunker-buster bombs.

The airstrikes, carried out early Sunday by the United States, targeted three key nuclear sites in Iran: Fordow, Isfahan, and Natanz signalling a direct US intervention in the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran over Tehran’s nuclear programme.

The strikes were seen as a major move to weaken Iran and raised concerns about a wider regional war. Iran accused the US of starting “a dangerous war.”

In an address from the White House, US President Donald Trump claimed, “Iran’s key nuclear facilities were completely and fully obliterated.”

Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization confirmed the strikes had hit its sites but insisted its nuclear programme would continue regardless.

The satellite images supplied by Planet Labs PBC, showed not only the damaged entrances to the deeply buried Fordow site but also signs of surface changes to the mountain under which it is located. The typically brown terrain now features grey patches, with altered contours that suggest significant explosions occurred, hurling debris and potentially sealing access tunnels.

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Light grey smoke was still visible in the images, lingering above the site. Iran has not yet provided any official assessment of the destruction or impact on its nuclear activities.

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Among the other targeted sites was the Natanz facility, located around 220 km southeast of Tehran. Previously struck by Israeli operations, Natanz is central to Iran’s nuclear programme. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the site enriches uranium up to 60 percent purity , a level below weapons-grade, but far above civilian use.