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Unlike other countries that were able to develop nuclear weapons in secret, Iran cannot assume it will be able to keep its work hidden.

New satellite images appear to show Iran starting excavations at one of its nuclear sites hit by US bombs. In the images, Iran looks to be filling craters at Fordow and digging out access roads.

Trump said the United States would bomb Iran again "without question" if intelligence indicated it was able to enrich uranium to military grade.

Sources: Nuclear Threat Initiative; Google Earth (terrain) The Fordo site contained thousands of Iran’s most advanced centrifuges to enrich uranium, which could be used in a nuclear weapon.