A 5.2–5.3 magnitude earthquake struck Iran’s southern Bushehr Province near the strategic Asaluyeh region on February 1, 2026, shaking parts of the Persian Gulf region. The tremor triggered a wave of social media speculation claiming the earthquake was caused by a secret nuclear test near Iran’s only operational nuclear facilities — claims experts and official data have not supported.

A strong 5.2 quake rattling the ground near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant would be alarming in any week. Coming just as Washington and Tehran edge toward a direct clash over nuclear sites, it has supercharged speculation that the shaking was not natural at all but the product of a covert nuclear test.

As tensions soar over Iran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests, satellite images show activity at two Iranian nuclear sites bombed last year by Israel and the United States that may be a sign of Tehran trying to obscure efforts to salvage any materials remaining there.

Satellite images reveal activity at two Iranian nuclear sites, suggesting that Tehran may be obscuring its efforts to salvage any materials remaining there

Iran has attempted to salvage material from its bombed nuclear sites, new satellite images suggest. Aerial pictures from Planet Labs PBC, a US earth-imaging company, show roofs have been rebuilt over two damaged buildings at the Isfahan and Natanz facilities, the first significant activity observed there since the end of the war.

Experts say new roofs at Isfahan, Natanz likely part of effort 'to assess whether key assets, such as limited stocks of highly enriched uranium, survived the strikes' by Israel and US The post Satellite images indicate Iran working to salvage nuclear materials from damaged sites appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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