High-resolution imagery taken Monday shows the extent to which Iran has covered the tunnel entrances at the Isfahan nuclear complex with soil, the Institute for Science and International Security reported, saying the middle and southern entrances are now “unrecognizable and fully covered” and the northernmost entrance has also been backfilled. Hackett said that while engineering units were backfilling the tunnels in Isfahan, the IRGC was also “surging to protect ballistic missile sites,” describing it as part of the regime’s “Mosaic Doctrine,” in which IRGC ground and aerospace forces work to secure the physical infrastructure used to transport, store, and protect missiles for retaliation. Other reporting on the Gulf flare-ups noted the broader atmosphere: Iran has threatened violence against Americans in the waterway, and last week tensions escalated after the United States shot down an Iranian drone headed toward the USS Abraham Lincoln and a U.S.-flagged ship outran an effort by armed Iranian gunboats to halt it.
Author: Joshua Klein
Published at: 2026-02-10 23:09:37
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