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Satellite image shows Fordow nuclear facility after massive bomb strike
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New satellite images of Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility reveal the aftermath of a massive bomb strike that the U.S. military launched as part of its Operation Midnight Hammer.
The U.S. launched a surprise strike using B-2 stealth bombers on Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities on Saturday.
«All three sites sustained extremely severe damage and destruction,» Joint Chiefs Chairman Air Force Gen. Dan Caine said during a briefing at the Pentagon on Sunday morning. He added that the full extent of the battle damage to the facilities would take time to assess.
Fordow, Iran’s underground nuclear enrichment site, was pictured in satellite images showing from a bird’s-eye view that the strike had obliterated some structures at the site.
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This satellite picture by Planet Labs PBC shows Iran’s underground nuclear enrichment site at Fordow after a U.S. airstrike targeted the facility on Sunday, June 22, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
In satellite images taken days earlier, trucks and vehicles can be seen at the Fordow site.
Fordow is built into the side of a mountain near the city of Qom, about 60 miles southwest of Tehran.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said off-site radiation levels have not increased following the strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran.
«Following attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran – including Fordow – the IAEA can confirm that no increase in off-site radiation levels has been reported as of this time,» the IAEA wrote in a post on X Sunday morning.
A map shows where Iran’s most important nuclear facilities are situated. (Fox News/FDD)
Fox News Digital reached out to the IAEA via email for comment on whether nuclear material had been moved from any of the three sites ahead of the strike.
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said in a statement that he will call an emergency meeting on Monday following the strikes.
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Caine also detailed how Operation Midnight Hammer was the «largest B-2 operational strike in US history.»
The operation employed advanced deception tactics and used more than 125 aircraft to carry out the success of the mission, including seven B-2 stealth bombers, multiple fourth and fifth generation fighters, dozens of air refueling tankers, a guided missile submarine and «a full array» of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft, Caine said.
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U.S. forces launched approximately 75 precision-guided munitions, according to Caine, including 14 30,000-pound GBU 57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators, the first operational use of this weapon.
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An Iranian military spokesman defiantly vowed Tuesday that Tehran’s armed forces will fight «until complete victory,» despite suffering heavy losses from the joint U.S. and Israeli campaign.
The remark from Maj. Gen. Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi of the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, which is Iran’s top military command, comes after President Donald Trump paused planned U.S. strikes on Iran on Monday, citing diplomatic progress.
«Iran’s powerful armed forces are proud, victorious and steadfast in defending Iran’s integrity, and this path will continue until complete victory,» Iranian state television quoted Aliabadi as saying, according to The Associated Press. It added that Aliabadi did not say what «complete victory» would look like.
Operation Epic Fury, which started Feb. 28, has resulted in the destruction of or damage to more than 140 Iranian naval vessels, U.S. Central Command said Monday. In total, more than 9,000 combat flights have been conducted as part of the campaign.
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U.S. forces struck 16 mine-laying Iranian ships on March 10, according to CENTCOM. (U.S. Central Command/X)
«CENTCOM forces are striking targets to dismantle the Iranian regime’s security apparatus, prioritizing locations that pose an imminent threat,» CENTCOM said.
Targeted assets include Iranian navy ships and submarines, air defense systems, anti-ship missile sites, military communication infrastructure and facilities involved in ballistic missile and drone manufacturing.
On Friday, Trump, speaking about Iran, said, «Their Navy’s gone, their Air Force is gone, their anti-aircraft is all gone.»
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Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed at the beginning of Operation Epic Fury. (Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran via Getty Images)
«Their leaders are all gone. The next set of leaders are all gone. And the next set of leaders are mostly gone,» Trump continued. «And now, nobody wants to be a leader over there anymore. We’re having a hard time. We want to talk to them and there’s nobody to talk to.»
Trump also said, «Over the past few weeks, the world has seen the true strength and might of our sailors and aviators as they fought in one of the most complex and successful military operations of all time against the Iranian regime.»
A U.S. sailor signals the launch of an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford while supporting Operation Epic Fury at sea on Feb. 28. (U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
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«And it’s amazing… I don’t want to get too crazy here, not a contest. It’s not even a contest. They do whatever they want,» Trump said.
Fox News Digital’s Emma Bussey, Morgan Phillips and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Conservatives accuse Jack Smith of improper ties with judges in Trump cases after new document dump
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Conservative critics are accusing former special counsel Jack Smith of improperly coordinating with two federal judges after Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, released documents Tuesday showing Smith’s team interacted with the pair during the Trump investigations.
«Democrat DC U.S. district judges illegally worked in secret with Biden Special Counsel Jack Smith to bring charges against President Trump,» Article III Project founder Mike Davis claimed on X as details of the documents emerged on Tuesday.
Smith’s investigations led to criminal charges against President Donald Trump over the 2020 election and alleged retention of classified documents. Trump called the investigations a «witch hunt,» while Republicans widely condemned the charges as an abuse of power designed to take out the then leading Republican presidential candidate.
The documents released by Grassley included notes about a briefing Smith’s team gave Attorney General Merrick Garland on Jan. 13, 2023, just after Garland appointed Smith as special counsel. The notes referenced meetings with Judges Beryl Howell and James Boasberg of Washington, D.C., both Obama appointees and Trump nemeses known for their high-profile adverse rulings against the president.
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Sen. Chuck Grassley is seen in the U.S. Capitol during votes related to the government shutdown on Oct. 16, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
«She liked our approach of pursuing the executive privilege litigation in an omnibus fashion,» Smith’s team wrote in reference to Howell, according to the documents. Omnibus motions allow for consolidated, rather than piecemeal, litigation and are typically used by lawyers to streamline court filings. Smith’s team frequently sought permission from the court to pierce executive privilege, a presumptive right that a president and his aides have that gives their communications a layer of legal privacy.
The briefing notes also referenced a forthcoming meeting with Boasberg on March 18, 2023, the day after he was set to become chief judge, succeeding Howell. The White House responded in a statement to Fox News Digital.
«We have long known that Judge Boasberg is a far-left judicial activist trying to undermine the President’s lawful authority, this is just further proof,» White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said. «President Trump has restored integrity to the Department of Justice that Joe Biden and his administration weaponized to target their political opponents – including President Trump himself.»
Sen. Ted Cruz’s office told Fox News Digital the Texas Republican thought the meetings with the judges were significant, a remark that came after Cruz led a Senate hearing on the Trump cases on Tuesday. Cruz in the hearing declared Smith’s work a «modern Watergate» scandal that was expansive and hyper-political, sweeping up personal information, such as phone records, belonging to hundreds of Republican entities and individuals.
A Republican congressional investigator told Fox News Digital the meetings with the judges merited further scrutiny.
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Beryl A. Howell and James E. Boasberg, who is taking over from Howell as chief judge of the Federal District Court in D.C., pose for a portrait and talk at E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C. on March 16, 2023. (Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Smith’s team wrote in the briefing notes for Garland that Howell was aware that an omnibus executive privilege motion was coming «and loves the idea.» Smith’s team listed out nearly a dozen former Trump officials, such as Mark Meadows and Ken Cuccinelli, who would be included in the consolidated motion. The notes referenced five other, separate executive privilege motions that were already making their way through the court process, signaling that an omnibus motion would be a reduction in paperwork for the court.
The briefing notes also mentioned recent meetings between the special counsel’s team and top FBI officials. The FBI «has been very responsive,» Smith’s team wrote. The team mentioned «precedent-setting issues we face in areas of executive privilege [and] Speech or Debate,» a possible reference to Smith testing the separation of powers by seeking the potentially privileged material from those in Trump’s orbit.
Independent journalist Julie Kelly, an outspoken critic of the Biden DOJ, observed on X that Smith’s team interacted with the judges. Kelly suggested the judges were «in cahoots with Biden DOJ to rubber stamp, even advise, any strategy set forth by Jack Smith.»
Attorney Bill Shipley, a longtime federal prosecutor who represented dozens of Jan. 6 defendants, wrote on X that he did not find much about the memo «noteworthy,» saying it was «clearly» designed to bring Garland up to speed following the holidays and Smith’s new appointment. Shipley also noted how Howell and Boasberg were chief judges, meaning any grand jury matters were required to go through their offices.
Shipley noted, however, that he felt Howell notoriously ruled against the Trump administration and that her eager approval of an omnibus motion represented a desire for her to make decisions before her tenure as chief judge expired in March 2023.
«What troubles me in the text of the memo is the suggestion — which was borne out by events that followed — that Judge Howell desired to resolve all the issues involving witness privilege before she stepped down as Chief Judge,» Shipley wrote, though he noted that her decisions were appealable.
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Jack Smith, former special counsel, arrives for a closed-door deposition before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (Getty Images)
Smith has repeatedly stood by his work, testifying to Congress that it was aligned with DOJ policies and nonpartisan.
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A Smith representative declined to comment on the latest document release.
Howell’s and Boasberg’s chambers did not respond to requests for comment.
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