Iran resumes activity at nuclear weapons site as Trump says he is 'about to settle, or win' the war

From the Newshound archive · first published 10 October 2026 · last updated 11 October 2026.

Satellite imagery released by the Institute for Science and International Security shows that Iran has quietly resumed operations at the Minzadayi nuclear weapons compound northeast of Tehran. Analysts noted "unusually heavy" vehicle traffic alongside excavation and new construction at the site between early September and early October. Israeli aircraft struck the compound on 3 March, three days after joint US-Israeli strikes killed Ayatollah Khamenei. Experts warn that the renewed activity may represent an effort to restore the nuclear weapons development capability destroyed in that attack.

Trump posted on Truth Social that he is "about to settle, or win" the Iran war, saying he had stopped the regime from "blowing up the entire Middle East."

A separate report concluded that Iran's stocks of ballistic missiles and anti-ship weapons remain robust in spite of months of US and Israeli strikes, and that its capacity to produce more has been preserved.