Last week, Israel suddenly carried out airstrikes on several Iranian military bases.
Israel said it had attacked Iranian missile factories.
Israel said the missiles were used in recent attacks on Iran.
Satellite images analyzed by BBC Verify show that several Iranian military bases were damaged in an Israeli airstrike last Saturday.
Experts say that bases that were used for missile production and air defense are also included.
Satellite images taken after the Israeli attack show that a large building has been damaged.
Experts say it is a large weapons development and production facility located in Parchin. It is located 30 kilometers (19 miles) east of Tehran.
Experts from the International Institute for Strategic Studies say the building is linked to Iran’s missile production.
A comparison of satellite images from September 9 and October 27 shows that four buildings have sustained significant damage.
One of these buildings is known as Talegan 2. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has linked it to Iran’s nuclear program.
In 2016, the IAEA found nuclear particles here. Then, questions arose whether Iran has restrictions on nuclear activities, where do the nuclear particles come from?
Satellite images show that the attack also destroyed a military base in Shahrod, located 350 kilometers east of Tehran.
Fabian Hinz said that this area, located in Semnan Province, is very important for Iran because it produces parts for long-range missiles.
The Shahrod Space Center is located opposite. Its control is in the hands of the Revolutionary Guard Corps. From here in 2020, Iran launched a military satellite.
Israel claimed to have carried out successful air defense strikes on several Iranian targets. However, this is difficult to confirm based on available satellite images.
According to satellite images that we have, there is also a damaged building here. Experts have described it as a radar center.
It is located in the Shah Nakhjir Mountains. It occurs near the city of Ilam in western Iran.
Middle East expert Jeremy Binny of the Defense Intelligence Company says that it could be a newly developed radar defense system.
The site was built decades ago. However, satellite images analyzed by open source experts show that a lot of renovation work has been carried out here in recent years.
Khojir, located 20 kilometers northwest of Parchin, was also the target of the Israeli attack.
“Khojir is a place where there is a dense infrastructure related to ballistic missiles,” said Fabian Hinz, an expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
In 2020, mysterious explosions occurred here. These explosions were quite large.
Satellite images show that two buildings of this complex were seriously damaged.
We have also identified the Abadan Refinery warehouse. It also appears to have been damaged. The refinery is located in the southwestern province of Khuzestan.
However, we do not know how the facility was damaged. However, it appears that the damage may have been caused by debris or by failures in missile defense systems throughout Iran.
The New York Times quoted Israeli officials as saying that the Abadan oil refinery was one of the targets of their attacks on Saturday morning.
On the same Saturday, Iranian officials also confirmed that Israel had also attacked Khuzestan.
The Abadan Oil Refinery is the largest oil refinery in the country. According to its CEO, it produces five million barrels of oil per day.
It is not possible to say with certainty from satellite imagery which building was damaged.
For example, we have identified smoke near the Hazrat Amir Brigade air defense base.
It looked as if it had been attacked. However, satellite images received on Sunday had many shadows.
Because of this, it was difficult to determine how much damage was done to the area as a result of the attack.
