Satellite Images Show Repairs and New Construction at Iranian Military Sites
Satellite images taken in November 2025 show digging and new buildings at the Garmdareh military base in Karaj, near Tehran, and at the Shahroud base in northern Iran, according to a BBC Verify report.
Analysts at MAIAR, a British intelligence company, reviewed the photos and described the construction to BBC Verify. The same report says at least 12 other Iranian military sites, including missile complexes and air bases, show signs of repairs.
The changes vary from site to site. At the Kermanshah missile base in western Iran, near the border with Iraq, new roofs have been built on destroyed buildings. At the Parchin military complex east of Tehran, damaged buildings and debris have been cleared.
The most detailed work is at Taleghan 2, a facility at Parchin. According to the BBC Verify report, construction there is largely complete, damaged buildings have been levelled, and an underground bunker has been repaired and reinforced with concrete. The Institute for Science and International Security reported in November 2025 that satellite imagery showed a possible high-explosives containment vessel at Taleghan-2, a former site of the AMAD Plan, a nuclear weapons development programme. That institute also said construction at the new facility had been under way for several months, beginning before the conflict known as the 12 Day War.
Sam Lair, a research analyst at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, said satellite images from Karaj show a new portal for an underground facility. A MAIAR analyst said Iran has a pattern of moving infrastructure underground to protect it from further strikes.
The repairs follow a series of strikes on Iranian territory. In June 2025, satellite images revealed Israeli strikes that damaged buildings at two missile sites and an airport runway. Later imagery published in 2026 showed a range of targets hit, from ammunition storage areas to ballistic missile infrastructure. In July 2026, a Wall Street Journal report found extensive reconstruction at several Iranian sites hit by U.S. and Israeli strikes, based on satellite images.
Other analysis has looked at the broader programme. In October 2026, the Foreign Policy Research Institute said Iran was likely assembling new missiles from stockpiled components and may have begun expanding or building new tunnel complexes. In September 2026, the Center for Strategic and International Studies identified a new phase of construction at Pickaxe Mountain, Iran's underground nuclear facility.
