CNN: Satellite imagery shows a construction surge at Iran's deeply buried Pickaxe Mountain site near Natanz, a possible future enrichment or nuclear safe-haven facility.
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Signals
IAEA Warns of Gaps at Iran Nuclear Sites
The UN nuclear watchdog says monitoring gaps at Iran's key nuclear sites have widened since the June 2025 strikes. The IAEA no longer regularly verifies Iran's near-bomb-grade uranium, with access to Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan still blocked. Proliferation risk has increased, the agency warns. - Bloomberg
Global
U.S. Presents Iran New Nuclear Deal
Washington has presented Tehran with a new nuclear framework. Acceptance triggers 30 days of detailed talks, per the Wall Street Journal.
U.S. red lines include dismantlement of Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, a total ban on underground nucle...
Washington has presented Tehran with a new nuclear framework. Acceptance triggers 30 days of detailed talks, per the Wall Street Journal.
U.S. red lines include dismantlement of Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, a total ban on underground nuclear work, on-demand inspections, a 20-year enrichment moratorium, handover of all enriched uranium stockpiles, and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz in step with the U.S. easing its blockade. Sanctions relief would be performance-based, not upfront.
Leaders
Netanyahu Compares Iran Nuclear Sites
Netanyahu:
"The Ayatollah regime planned another Holocaust. Without action… Natanz, Fordow, Isfahan could have joined Auschwitz and Treblinka."
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Signals
IAEA Chief Warns on Iran Uranium Stock
IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi on Iran's uranium stockpile:
"Even if you move part of it, you could still have amounts… enough for a few warheads.
The vast majority is in Isfahan. There is also some in Natanz.
More than 70%?, perhaps a little bit less.
They have a very big stockpile of highly enriched uranium… very close to military-grade."
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Alerts
Natanz Nuclear Facility Reportedly Struck
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Report from Iran: The Natanz nuclear facility has been struck U.S. / Israeli Air Force
Signals
Speculated Special Ops Targets in Iran
A few potential special ops we might see:
Nuclear extraction ops
Removing uranium from Isfahan, Fordow near Qom, and Natanz including Pickaxe Mountain
Kharg Island takeover
Seizing Iran’s main oil export hub to cut revenue
Strait of Hormuz control
Large scale operation to secure the key global oil chokepoint
Middle East
Pentagon Declines Comment on Natanz
The Pentagon declined to comment on the Natanz attack. - AP
Middle East
Iran Claims Dimona Strike Response
Iranian state television says the Dimona strike was a response to Israeli strikes on Natanz.
They targeted an apartment building.
Breaking
U.S. Strikes Iran Natanz Facility
The U.S., not Israel, carried out strikes on Iran’s Natanz uranium-enrichment facility this morning, using bunker-buster bombs, the IDF said, declining to comment on American operations.
Middle East
Reports: Natanz Nuclear Facility Attacked
Reports in Iran that the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility has been attacked.
IDF spokesperson: "It wasn't us who attacked. We don't know who did it. We are not commenting on American actions."