The regime is rapidly reconstructing missile factories Israel targeted in June, but experts say key solid-fuel mixing equipment is absent.
The Iranian regime has begun rebuilding missile-production sites struck by Israel during the 12-day war in June, though the facilities still appear to lack the large mixers needed to produce solid fuel for the weapons, satellite images analyzed by the Associated Press show.
The images were captured this month by Planet Labs PBC and analyzed by the news agency, which published its findings on Wednesday. The images show construction at the Parchin and Shahroud solid-fuel missile manufacturing facilities. The Islamic Republic has another site at Khojir. All three of the bases came under Israeli attack in October 2024 (“Operation Days of Repentance”) and during the June war (“Operation Rising Lion”).
Missile experts told AP that the regime in Tehran wants to obtain the mixers, particularly as it prepares for the possibility that U.N. “snapback sanctions will be reimposed. The measures would include punishment for any development of the regime’s missile program.