Iran rebuilding nuclear program despite Trump talks, opposition figure claims

Iran is rebuilding atomic sites damaged successful erstwhile U.S. strikes and "preparing for war," contempt engaging successful talks with the Trump administration, according to a salient Iranian absorption figure.

Alireza Jafarzadeh, lawman manager of the Washington bureau of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), said recently released outer images besides beryllium the authorities has accelerated its efforts to reconstruct its "$2 trillion" uranium enrichment capabilities.

"The authorities has intelligibly stepped up efforts to rebuild its uranium enrichment capabilities," Jafarzadeh told Fox News Digital. "It is preparing itself for a imaginable warfare by trying to sphere its atomic weapons programme and guarantee its protection."

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Reconstruction enactment appears to beryllium underway astatine Iran's Isfahan atomic complex. (Planet Labs PBC/Handout via Reuters)

"That said, the ongoing rebuilding of Iran’s uranium enrichment capabilities is peculiarly alarming arsenic the authorities is present engaged successful atomic talks with the United States," helium added.

New outer images released by Earth quality monitor, Planet Labs, amusement reconstruction enactment appears to beryllium underway astatine the Isfahan complex.

Isfahan is 1 of 3 Iranian uranium enrichment plants targeted successful the U.S. subject cognition known arsenic "Midnight Hammer."

The June 22 cognition progressive coordinated Air Force and Navy strikes connected the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan facilities.

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A outer representation shows passageway entrances covered with ungraded astatine Isfahan atomic complex. (Vantor/Handout via Reuters)

Despite the damage, the outer images amusement Iran has buried entrances to a passageway analyzable astatine the site, according to Reuters.

Similar steps were reportedly taken astatine the Natanz facility, which houses 2 further enrichment plants.

"These efforts successful Isfahan impact rebuilding its centrifuge programme and different activities related to uranium enrichment," Jafarzadeh said.

The renewed movements travel arsenic Iran participated successful talks with the U.S. successful Geneva.

On Thursday, President Donald Trump warned that "bad things" would hap if Iran did not marque a deal.

While the talks were aimed astatine curbing Iran's atomic programme successful speech for sanctions relief, Jafarzadeh argues that for the regime, talks would beryllium thing much than a tactical delay.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "agreed to the atomic talks arsenic it would springiness the authorities important clip to debar oregon bounds the consequences of confrontation with the West," according to Jafarzadeh. ( Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran via Getty Images)

"Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei agreed to the atomic talks arsenic it would springiness the authorities important clip to debar oregon bounds the consequences of confrontation with the West," helium said.

Jafarzadeh besides described the authorities spending astatine slightest "$2 trillion" connected atomic capabilities, which helium said "is higher than the full lipid gross generated since the authorities came to powerfulness successful Iran successful 1979." 

"Tehran is trying to salvage immoderate has remained of its atomic weapons programme and rapidly rebuild it," helium said. "It has heavy invested successful the atomic weapons programme arsenic a cardinal instrumentality for the endurance of the regime."

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Satellite imagery taken connected January 30, 2026, shows a caller extortion implicit a antecedently destroyed gathering astatine Natanz atomic site. (2026 PLANET LABS PBC/Handout via Reuters)

Jafarzadeh is champion known for publically revealing the beingness of Iran’s Natanz atomic tract successful 2002, which led to inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency and intensified planetary scrutiny of Tehran’s atomic ambitions.

"The insistence of the Iranian authorities during the atomic talks connected maintaining its uranium enrichment capabilities, portion rebuilding its damaged sites, is simply a wide denotation that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has nary plans to wantonness its atomic weapons program," helium said.

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The National Council of Resistance of Iran, led by Maryam Rajavi, exposed for the archetypal clip the atomic sites successful Natanz, Arak, Fordow and much than 100 different sites and projects, Jafarzadeh said, "despite a monolithic crackdown by the authorities connected this movement."