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Maps: See Where Israeli Strikes Damaged Iranian Nuclear and Military Facilities
Israel launched its most recent attack against Iran last Friday with waves of coordinated airstrikes hitting nuclear sites. More than 200 people have been killed and hundreds more injured. Most of the attacks so far have occurred in the western part of the country, where the largest number of facilities and cities are located. The first strikes severely damaged Iran’s largest uranium enrichment center, at Natanz, about 140 miles south of Tehran. The most likely repository of bomb-grade fuel is stored at a complex outside the ancient capital of Isfahan. The stockpile has so far been spared from the attack, but the Israeli military has struck laboratories that work to convert uranium gas back into a metal — one of the last stages of building a weapon. Only the U.S. has a military capable of reaching Iran with a bomb even reaching it even if it were to launch an attack from the skies over Iran. The U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, initially reported that the strikes had damaged only the aboveground parts of the enrichment plant.
Israel’s largest attack ever against Iran has targeted nuclear and military facilities, gas and oil depots and the government-run broadcaster. More than 200 people have been killed and hundreds more injured.
Iranian facilities hit by Israeli attacks Missile facilities Nuclear facilities Energy facilities TURKMENISTAN Caspian Sea Tabriz Mashhad Tehran Most of the attacks so far have occurred in the western part of the country, where the largest number of facilities and cities are located. Kermanshah Natanz AFGHANISTAN IRAQ Isfahan IRAN Kerman Shiraz KUWAIT Bandar Abbas SAUDI ARABIA Persian Gulf QATAR 100 miles U.A.E TURKMENISTAN Caspian Sea Tabriz Tehran Mashhad IRAN Kermanshah Natanz AFG. IRAQ Isfahan Kerman Shiraz KUW. Bandar Abbas SAUDI ARABIA Persian Gulf U.A.E 250 miles Most of the attacks so far have occurred in the western part of the country, where the largest number of facilities and cities are located. TURKMENISTAN Caspian Sea Tabriz Mashhad Tehran Most of the attacks so far have occurred in the western part of the country, where the largest number of facilities and cities are located. Kermanshah Natanz IRAQ Isfahan IRAN AFG. Kerman Shiraz KUWAIT Bandar Abbas SAUDI ARABIA Persian Gulf QATAR 200 miles U.A.E
Here is what is known about the damage to Iran’s strategic infrastructure so far.
Nuclear facilities
Israel launched its most recent attack against Iran last Friday with waves of coordinated airstrikes hitting nuclear sites and killing much of the country’s military chain of command, along with several nuclear scientists.
Iran’s nuclear industry is well established, with over 30 facilities spread over the country, and some buried deep underground.
Iranian nuclear facilities attacked Attacked Other nuclear facilities in Iran TURKMENISTAN Caspian Sea Bonab Mashhad Natanz and Isfahan are the most important nuclear sites in Iran and the first ones Israel attacked. Tehran Fordo Natanz AFGHANISTAN IRAQ Isfahan IRAN Kerman KUWAIT Bushehr Bandar Abbas SAUDI ARABIA Persian Gulf QATAR 100 miles U.A.E TURKMENISTAN Caspian Sea Bonab Mashhad Tehran Fordo IRAN Natanz AFG. IRAQ Isfahan Kerman KUW. Bushehr Bandar Abbas SAUDI ARABIA Persian Gulf U.A.E 250 miles TURKMENISTAN Caspian Sea Bonab Natanz and Isfahan are the most important nuclear sites in Iran and the first ones Israel attacked. Mashhad Tehran Fordo Natanz AFG. IRAQ Isfahan IRAN Kerman KUW. Bushehr Bandar Abbas SAUDI ARABIA Persian Gulf QATAR 200 miles U.A.E Source: The Nuclear Threat Initiative and New York Times reporting The New York Times
Natanz
The first strikes severely damaged Iran’s largest uranium enrichment center, at Natanz, about 140 miles south of Tehran.
Damaged electric substation Structures damaged or destroyed in Israeli strikes since Friday Destroyed by Israel in 2020 Pilot fuel enrichment plant destroyed Source: Institute for Science and International Security. Satellite imagery by Maxar Technologies. The New York Times
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, initially reported that the strikes had damaged only the aboveground part of the enrichment plant. It later revised its assessment to confirm “direct impacts” on underground enrichment halls.
Satellite imagery taken two days after the strike shows the tracks of heavy machinery and piles of dirt covering craters above where the enrichment halls are believed to be built.
June 14 Craters June 15 Heavy machinery vehicle tracks Dirt piles Source: Satellite imagery by Maxar Technologies The New York Times
Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center
Iran’s most likely repository of near bomb-grade nuclear fuel is stored at a complex outside the ancient capital of Isfahan. The stockpile has so far been spared from attack, but the Israeli military struck laboratories that work to convert uranium gas back into a metal — one of the last stages of building a weapon.
Damaged building Damaged road Source: Satellite imagery by Maxar Technologies The New York Times
Fordo enrichment center
As of Wednesday morning, Iran’s most heavily fortified nuclear site, Fordo, remained undamaged. It was built deep inside a mountain to protect it from attack. Only the U.S. military has a bomb capable of even reaching it.
Striking Fordo is central to any effort to destroy Iran’s ability to make nuclear weapons.
The site appeared to be intact in this satellite imagery taken on June 14.
Fordo enrichment center Source: Satellite imagery from Maxar Technologies
A few other important nuclear facilities remain undamaged. Among them is Bushehr, Iran’s only operating nuclear plant, and Arak, a heavily guarded complex that has long been suspected of being built to produce plutonium.
Bushehr, June 15 Arak, June 14 Source; Satellite imagery by Planet Labs and Maxar Technologies
Israel also targeted at least one university associated with nuclear programs. In an image posted on social media and verified by The New York Times, black smoke can be seen billowing from the Institute of Applied Physics’s campus.
There are a few other institutions in the area that are also associated with Iranian nuclear programs, including Shahid Rajaee University and Malek Ashtar University of Technology. Both are under U.S. sanctions. American officials believe they participate in research on nuclear warhead design.
Missiles bases
Iranian missile capability was also degraded by the strikes. The Israeli military said that it had struck 12 missile launch sites and storage facilities on Tuesday alone.
Missile bases attacked Other missile bases in Iran TURKMENISTAN Caspian Sea Tabriz Shahroud Mashhad Tehran Kermanshah Imam IRAN AFGHANISTAN IRAQ Isfahan Kerman Shiraz KUWAIT Bandar Abbas SAUDI ARABIA Persian Gulf QATAR 100 miles U.A.E TURKMENISTAN Caspian Sea Tabriz Shahroud Tehran Kermanshah IRAN AFG. Imam IRAQ Isfahan Kerman Shiraz KUW. Bandar Abbas SAUDI ARABIA Persian Gulf U.A.E 250 miles TURKMENISTAN Caspian Sea Tabriz Shahroud Mashhad Tehran Kermanshah IRAN Imam AFG. IRAQ Isfahan Kerman Shiraz KUW. Bandar Abbas SAUDI ARABIA Persian Gulf QATAR 200 miles U.A.E Source: Satellite imagery by Maxar Technologies The New York Times
Several Israeli strikes targeted a missile base in Kermanshah, where missile storage buildings can be seen with damage in a satellite image taken on June 15.
Destroyed buildings Source: Satellite imagery by Maxar Technologies The New York Times
Satellite imagery also shows damage at tunnel entrances to underground missile facilities.
Damaged tunnel entrances Destroyed building Source: Satellite imagery by Planet Labs The New York Times
In addition to Kermanshah, multiple other missile facilities were hit.
Shiraz missile facility Piranshahr facility Bid Kaneh missile facility Tabriz base underground entrance Source: Satellite imagery from Planet Labs and Maxar Technologies
Energy infrastructure
With the second-largest gas reserves in the world and the fourth-largest crude oil reserves, Iran is one of the world’s major energy producers.
Iranian energy facilities Energy facilities attacked Intact power plants Intact refineries, oil and gas storage TURKMENISTAN Caspian Sea Bonab Mashhad Tehran Israeli strikes took out Tehran’s main gas depot and its central oil refinery. Kermanshah Anahita AFGHANISTAN IRAQ Isfahan IRAN Kerman KUWAIT Tonbak Bandar Abbas SAUDI ARABIA Persian Gulf QATAR 100 miles U.A.E TURKMENISTAN Caspian Sea Bonab Tehran Mashhad IRAN AFG. IRAQ Isfahan Kerman KUW. Tonbak Bandar Abbas SAUDI ARABIA Persian Gulf U.A.E 250 miles TURKMENISTAN Caspian Sea Bonab Mashhad Tehran Israeli strikes took out Tehran’s main gas depot and its central oil refinery. Kermanshah Anahita AFG. IRAQ Isfahan IRAN Kerman KUW. Tonbak Bandar Abbas SAUDI ARABIA Persian Gulf QATAR 200 miles U.A.E Source: Global Oil & Gas Features Database and The New York Times reporting The New York Times
Over the weekend, Israel targeted Iran’s critical energy infrastructure. It struck Tehran’s main gas depot and its central oil refinery, according to a statement from Iran’s oil ministry. The ministry said Israel had also targeted a section of one of the world’s largest gas fields.
Video posted to social media and verified by The Times shows a large fire burning at the Shahran oil depot, north of Tehran.
Source: WANA, via Reuters
Other infrastructure
On Friday, Israel carried out a strike on a military airport in the northwest Iranian city of Tabriz. A video taken by a witness and verified by The Times shows large plumes of black smoke rising into the sky.
Damaged buildings Damaged runway Source: Satellite imagery by Planet Labs The New York Times
And on Monday evening, the Israeli military attacked the headquarters of Iran’s state television. A news anchor was speaking live on the air when an explosion shook the building, followed by the sound of breaking glass and screams.
Israel-Iran timeline: How Israeli attack and Iranian retaliation unfolded
Iran and Israel continue to exchange strikes five days after their long-simmering conflict hit the flashpoint. Israel’s surprise attack on Tehran’s nuclear program and targeted assassination of Iranian leadership kicked off a sequence of events that has left hundreds reported killed. The maps below are based on assessments from the The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) They include confirmed airstrikes, reported airstrikes, reports of explosion with footage, and reports of explosions without footage. The data is collected from sources including geolocated visual evidence and opposition, local and international media, USA TODAY conducted additional verification on some, but not all of the strikes. The Pentagon has shifted an aircraft carrier to the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Iran continues to rage. The U.S. Central Command announced the “deployment of additional capabilities to the Unted Area of Responsibility, citing flight data, reports that more than two dozen tanker planes were deployed from the United States to Europe on Monday.
The maps below are based on assessments from the The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). They include confirmed airstrikes, reported airstrikes, reports of explosion with footage, and reports of explosions without footage. The data is collected from sources including geolocated visual evidence and opposition, local and international media. USA TODAY conducted additional verification on some, but not all of the strikes.
June 12
Israel conducted the first strikes of an air campaign targeting Iran’s nuclear program and leadership at 11 p.m. ET, according to The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
June 13
The Israeli military conducted attacks targeting Iran’s uranium enrichment facility at Natanz and hit additional targets “at the heart” of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, according to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The surprise attack killed nearly the entire top echelon of Iran’s military commanders, Reuters reported. Netanyahu said that “Iran’s leading nuclear scientists” were also targets in the attacks. Iran launched three retaliatory waves of missiles at targets in Israel.
Here’s a closer look at the locations Iran’s weapons and nuclear facilities, according to The Nuclear Threat Initiative, a non-profit organization which describes its mission as “reducing nuclear, biological, and emerging technology threats imperiling humanity.”
June 14
The Israeli military struck an unspecified underground weapons facility in western Iran, according to ISW. Iranian state media reported that Israel bombed multiple energy facilities in southern Iran.
South Pars field – the world’s largest gasfield – was struck along with the Fajr Jam gas plant. Iran’s Petroleum Ministry confirmed that the Shahran depot was also targeted by Israel, Al Jazeera reported.
June 15
Israel and Iran continued to exchange airstrikes, ISW reported. Israel also targeted Iranian government buildings, such as the Iranian Foreign Affairs Ministry in Tehran and the Ministry of Intelligence and Security.
Iran sent hundreds of drones and missiles to Israel, damaging the country’s largest oil refinery near the port city of Haifa and the Weizmann Institute of Science, a top research center in the country, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter appeared on ABC News “This Week” where host Martha Raddatz asked Leiter to talk about Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, suggesting that Israel cannot destroy the site located deep under a mountainside without U.S. assistance in the form of bunker-busting bombs.
Leiter suggested that Israel may not need to rely on the bomb Raddatz described, known as the GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator, to achieve its aims. “We have a number of contingencies which will enable us to deal with Fordow. Not everything is a matter of taking to the skies and bombing from afar,” said Leiter. “We’re certain that we can set back the nuclear weapons system development within Iran for a very, very long time.”
June 16
An Israeli strike hit Iran’s state broadcaster on Monday June 16 and bombed a command center of an elite Iranian military unit, the New York Times reported. That same day, Israel said it hit Iranian F-14 fighter planes at Tehran airport.
Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told the BBC it was very likely all the roughly 15,000 centrifuges operating at Iran’s biggest uranium enrichment plant at Natanz were badly damaged or destroyed because of a power cut caused by an Israeli strike.
In a social media post, Secretary of Defesne Pete Hegseth announced the “deployment of additional capabilities to the Unted States Central Command Area of Responsibility.” The Washington Post, citing flight-tracking data, reports that more than two dozen tanker planes were deployed from the United States to Europe on Sunday and Monday.
Reuters reports that U.S. aircraft carrier USS Nimitz left the South China Sea on Monday morning heading west, according to data from ship tracking website Marine Traffic.
The Pentagon has shifted warplanes and an aircraft carrier to the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Iran continues to rage, but the moves have been defensive in nature as the U.S. observes rather than participates in Israel’s punishing air campaign, according to U.S. officials.
June 17
The ongoing aerial war between Israel and Iran entered its fifth day on June 17 as Israel hit Iranian cities with bombs and some Iranian missiles evaded Israel’s iron dome defense system.
More than 220 Iranians have been killed and at least 1,200 injured since the bombardment began, Iranian state media reported. Two dozen Israelis have been killed in Iranian missile attacks, officials said.
Contributing: Jennifer Borresen, Tom Vanden Brook, Cybele Mayes-Osterman, and Shawn J. Sullivan, USA TODAY
This is a developing story which will be updated.
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Israel-Iran war map: Israeli, Iranian missile strikes, nuclear sites, US military bases and more explained
Iran and Israel continue to exchange missiles six days after Israel first struck Iran. Speculation growing that the United States will join Israel’s war after President Donald Trump left the G7 Summit early to meet with his National Security Council in Washington.
It’s been reported by The New York Times that Iran is preparing missiles to strike United States military bases in the Middle East should the United States directly join Israel’s cause. Here’s a visual guide to how the rapidly escalating conflict is unfolding.
Where has Israel struck in Tehran?
In addition to targeting vital Iranian oil, gas and nuclear facilities, Israel has also hit residential areas. A building used by the Islamic Republic of Iran News Network, part of Iran’s state television broadcaster, was also struck by a missile on Monday, with at least two employees reportedly killed in the attack.
What to Know About the Fighting Between Israel and Iran
President Trump calls for a cease-fire between Israel and Iran. At least 24 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Iranian targets since Friday. Israel is believed to be using a powerful bomb to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. The U.S. government says Iran is trying to use nuclear weapons to threaten Israel’s existence. The Israeli military says it is targeting Iranian nuclear sites.
President Trump declared on Tuesday that “we now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran” and called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” amid mounting evidence that the United States was considering joining Israel’s bombing campaign against the country.
On Tuesday, in a post on Truth Social, Mr. Trump wrote, “We know exactly where” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, “is hiding.” But he added, “We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least for now.” He also boasted of Israel’s air superiority, suggesting it was based on American technology.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Trump said he was looking for something “better than a cease-fire” between Israel and Iran — “a real end, not a cease-fire.”
Israeli officials have been pressing the United States to engage directly in the war by dropping its huge bunker-busting bomb, the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, which is thought to be the only weapon powerful enough to take out Iran’s buried Fordo nuclear site.
The fighting began on Friday, when Israel launched a surprise attack on dozens of targets inside Iran, including nuclear sites, and killed many of the Iranian military’s top leaders.
Since then, Israeli strikes have killed at least 224 people in Iran, according to the country’s health ministry, and injured more than 1,400 people. Retaliatory barrages by Iran have killed at least 24 people in Israel, identified as civilians, with around 600 injured.
Mapping the First Four Days of Attacks in the Israel-Iran Conflict
Israeli strikes have killed at least 224 people in Iran and injured at least 1,400 more. In Israel, at least 24 people, identified as civilians, have been killed in retaliatory barrages by Iran. Israel has also delivered a major blow to Iran’s chain of command, killing top commanders. Israeli police said that two communities in Tel Aviv reported being hit early Monday. Four people were killed in a strike on an apartment building in the nearby city of Petah Tikva. The Israeli military attacked the headquarters of Iran’s state broadcaster in Tehran while a news anchor was speaking live on air. Israel said that it struck the command center of Iran”s elite Quds Force. The attack could not be immediately verified, but the overnight attacks followed daytime strikes in Tehran on Sunday afternoon. The protracted exchange of attacks has been one of the fiercest episodes to date in the decades-long discord between the two nations. The conflict began when Israel launched a series of strikes against Iran on Friday, June 13, continued to escalate over the weekend and into the following week.
Mapping the First Four Days of Attacks in the Israel-Iran Conflict
The conflict that began when Israel launched a series of strikes against Iran on Friday, June 13, continued to escalate over the weekend and into the following week. The protracted exchange of attacks has been one of the fiercest episodes to date in the decades-long discord between the two nations.
Strikes in Iran and Israel since Friday Iran Israel Iraq Syria Saudi
Arabia Afghanistan Turkey Kuw. U.A.E. Turkmenistan Qatar Tehran Tabriz Haifa Tel Aviv Mashad Natanz Sunday Israel struck a refueling plane at an airport.
Monday Iranian missiles hit Israel’s largest oil refinery.
Friday Explosions were reported near a nuclear research center.
Friday Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility was attacked.
Since Friday Dozens of strikes, including one on Monday on the state broadcaster.
Tuesday Iranian missiles strike near Israel’s spy agency. Note: Map shows confirmed locations of strikes and is not comprehensive. The New York Times
Israel and Iran continued to trade strikes overnight into Monday following a day of attacks on multiple locations, rattling citizens in both countries.
Israeli strikes have killed at least 224 people in Iran and injured at least 1,400 more, according to Iran’s health ministry. In Israel, at least 24 people, identified as civilians, have been killed in retaliatory barrages by Iran, with roughly 600 injured.
On Monday evening, the Israeli military attacked the headquarters of Iran’s state broadcaster in Tehran while a news anchor was speaking live on air. Videos and images from the scene showed the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting building on fire.
Earlier Monday, Iranian missiles hit Israel’s largest oil refinery, located in Haifa Bay.
Smoke billows from a site in the city of Haifa on June 16, 2025, following a fresh barrage of Iranian missiles. Photo by Ahmad Gharabli / AFP
Iran’s attack on the refinery follows Israel’s strikes on two major energy facilities in Tehran late Saturday night, including its main gas depot and central oil refinery.
Shahran fuel and gasoline depot WANA, via Reuters
Israel has also delivered a major blow to Iran’s chain of command, killing top commanders.
Tel Aviv area
Many of Iran’s strikes have been intercepted by Israel’s missile defense system, but not all. The Israeli police said that two communities in Tel Aviv reported being hit early Monday. Officials said four people were killed in a strike on an apartment building in the nearby city of Petah Tikva.
Where strikes hit in the Tel Aviv area The New York Times
At least six were killed and dozens wounded when a blast heavily damaged buildings in Bat Yam, a city just south of Tel Aviv, early Sunday morning.
Rescue forces search for people trapped in a building damaged in Bat Yam. Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times
Videos posted on social media on Friday and verified by The Times showed a large explosion in the Kirya area in central Tel Aviv, where a number of government and military facilities are located, including the headquarters of the Israel Defense Forces. Several buildings in the area were damaged.
170 ft. Israel Defense Forces headquarters Israeli military compound The windows of a building inside the Kirya government complex were shattered. Da Vinci Towers apartment complex 170 ft. Israel Defense Forces headquarters Israeli military compound The windows of a building inside the Kirya government complex were shattered. Eliezer Kaplan St. Da Vinci Towers apartment complex Sources: Aerial image by Airbus via Google Earth; Photos by AFP via Getty images (left) and the Associated Press (right) The New York Times
Tehran
Israel has continually bombarded Iran’s capital since it launched its attack on Friday. On Monday, Israel said that it struck the command center of Iran’s elite Quds Force. The attack could not be immediately verified, but the overnight attacks followed daytime strikes in Tehran on Sunday afternoon.
Israeli strikes collapsed a section of a 14-story residential building near Nobonyad Square in northeastern Tehran on Friday, according to videos of the immediate aftermath and rescue efforts verified by The Times. One of them showed a section of the building torn in two, with apartments ripped open. Iranian state television reported that 60 people died in the strike, including 20 children.
Israel attacked military bases around Tehran, including Parchin. Multiple residential buildings were also attacked, including highly secure complexes for military commanders, in what appeared to be targeted assassinations, according to four senior Iranian officials.
The New York Times
Residents of Tehran reported hearing huge explosions and seeing Israeli fighter jets.
A view of Tehran after multiple explosions. Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times
Iranian state television broadcast images of smoke and fire billowing from buildings.
A building in Saadat Abad Street was hit after Israel’s attack in Tehran. Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times
Natanz nuclear-enrichment complex
Social media footage verified by The New York Times, as well as an Iranian news report, showed flames and thick black smoke from the Natanz nuclear enrichment complex on Friday.
Natanz is Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility. It is where Iran has produced a vast majority of its nuclear fuel — and, in the past three years, much of the near-bomb-grade fuel that has put the country on the threshold of the ability to build nuclear weapons.
Area damaged in later strike Damaged and destroyed buildings Destroyed by Israel in 2020 N Area damaged in later strike Damaged and destroyed buildings Destroyed by Israel in 2020 N Synthetic aperture radar image from Umbra Lab By Bora Erden and Christoph Koettl
Tabriz
Tabriz, a city in northwestern Iran, was hit on Friday. Social media footage verified by The Times shows that an airport in the city was hit by Israeli strikes.
Large plumes of thick black smoke were seen over Tabriz as several apparent strikes continued to hit the area.
Kermanshah
Video verified by The Times shows large plumes of dark smoke near a mountain range in Kermanshah, in western Iran, on Friday morning.
Reuters
The smoke appeared to be rising from an area believed to be the site of an underground missile base. An Iranian army aviation base and an Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps facility are also nearby.