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| Satellite photos show Iran expanding missile production, sources say |
| 2024-07-09 |
| [Ynet] Recent satellite imagery shows major expansions at two key Iranian ballistic missile facilities that two American researchers assessed are for boosting missile production, a conclusion confirmed by three senior Iranian officials. The enlargement of the sites follows an October 2022 deal in which Iran agreed to provide missiles to Russia, which has been seeking them for its war against Ukraine. Tehran also supplies missiles to Yemen's Houthi rebels and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, both members of the Iran-backed Axis of Resistance against Israel, according to U.S. officials. Images taken by commercial satellite firm Planet Labs of the Modarres military base in March and the Khojir missile production complex in April show more than 30 new buildings at the two sites, both of which are located near Tehran. The images, reviewed by Reuters, show many of the structures are surrounded by large dirt berms. Such earthworks are associated with missile production and are designed to stop a blast in one building from detonating highly combustible materials in nearby structures, said Jeffrey Lewis of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Related: Modarres: 2021-09-16 University of Miami professor and his wife are charged with illegally sending genetic sequencing equipment to Iran Modarres: 2020-03-09 Coronavirus claims lives of two Iranian clerics, former prosecutor Modarres: 2010-01-03 Ayatollah Sanei no longer qualified: Clerical body |
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