Satellite photos show Iran has been repairing and fortifying key sites

Satellite images show that Iran has recently built a concrete shield over a new facility at a sensitive military site and covered it in soil, experts ⁠say, advancing work at a location reportedly bombed by Israel ⁠in 2024 amid tensions with the United States.Images also show that Iran has buried tunnel ⁠entrances at a nuclear site bombed by the US during Israel’s 12-day war with Iran last year, fortified tunnel entrances near another, and has repaired missile bases struck in the conflict.They offer a glimpse of Iranian activities at some of the sites at the centre of tensions with Israel and the US, as Washington seeks to negotiate a deal with Tehran on its nuclear programme while threatening military action if talks fail.“Iran would be very wise to make a deal with President Trump and with his administration,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.The USS Abraham Lincoln leads its strike group during a photo exercise in the Arabian Sea. Photo: US Navy via ReutersOn Wednesday, US President Donald Trump again suggested the US might strike Iran in a post on his Truth Social site, with a US military build-up under way in the Middle East.Washington currently has 13 warships in the Middle East: one aircraft carrier - the USS Abraham Lincoln - nine destroyers and three littoral combat ships, with more on the way, according to a US official.