Overview
- European Sentinel-2 satellite photos compared by open-source investigators show newly formed impact scars inside the Bushehr complex between July 7 and July 12.
- US Central Command said it struck roughly 90 military targets on July 7–8 but did not publicly identify any nuclear sites among those targets.
- Bushehr provincial deputy governor Ehsan Jahanian confirmed strikes near the plant on July 9 and later said the reactor itself was not hit and remained operating.
- Bushehr is Iran’s only operating nuclear power plant and contains fuel and systems that need continuous cooling and power, so damage to support facilities raises acute safety and environmental risks.
- The site has prior IAEA event reports of projectile impacts in March and April 2026, and independent IAEA verification and monitoring of reactor status are now the key developments to watch.