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BBC Verify analysis of satellite imagery documents strikes on more than 50 Iranian bases, including IRGC headquarters, airfields and naval facilities, amid ongoing exchanges of fire despite a month-long ceasefire.
Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show damage at 51 Iranian military sites since the conflict began on 28 February. The sites include air bases, naval facilities and compounds belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. US officials state they have struck more than 13,000 targets across Iran.
BBC Verify identified damage to runways and aircraft at more than a dozen locations. At Mehrabad International Airport, strikes on 7 March destroyed at least 17 aircraft in the military section. Between 2 and 17 April, US-Israeli attacks at Shiraz Airbase hit at least 13 planes.
Multiple vessels and buildings were damaged at Bandar Abbas Naval Base in the opening days of the war. Satellite images from 4 March showed smoke rising from a damaged ship and the administrative section of the port. Multiple ships were also heavily damaged at Konarak naval base.
Satellite images show extensive damage to the IRGC naval headquarters and its general headquarters in eastern Tehran. The naval force commander, Gen Alireza Tangsiri, was killed in an Israeli operation in late March. The headquarters of the IRGC itself has also been damaged.
Images show roads cleared of debris and tunnels excavated at the Tabriz missile base. Construction vehicles and heavy machinery are visible at the site in recent satellite images. Tehran has used the ceasefire, in place for more than a month, to conduct repairs at some key missile facilities.
The private intelligence company Janes estimates there are 197 military and IRGC bases in Iran. BBC Verify's count of 51 damaged sites is described as a partial assessment because many facilities remain secretive. On Tuesday and Wednesday night, US and Iranian forces exchanged fresh waves of strikes after a US helicopter was downed in the Gulf.
Over the weekend, Israel struck southern Beirut and military sites in Iran. On Wednesday the US said it had completed self-defence strikes on military, surveillance and radar sites in southern Iran. Tehran responded with strikes on US military assets in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan.
According to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, more than 1,700 civilians have been killed since the conflict began. Adm Brad Cooper challenged the suggestion of thousands of civilian deaths. Satellite images show the Basij command centre in Tehran was damaged around 4 March, with an adjacent building levelled.
Last week BBC Verify reported that Iranian attacks have damaged at least 20 US military sites in eight countries, causing millions of dollars in damage. President Donald Trump stated late last month that the US has defeated Iran militarily. He said Iran's navy and air force are each totally gone.
The Pentagon asked Planet in March to restrict new satellite images of Iran and most of the Middle East, citing concerns that images could be used by adversarial actors. Zev Faintuch of Global Guardian said Iran's ability to defend itself stems less from conventional forces than from its capacity to conduct counterstrikes via missiles or drones.
Raphael Cohen of the RAND School of Public Policy said Iran's mosquito fleet of small, fast vessels will continue to pose a threat to US forces and shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Kamran Bokhari of the Middle East Policy Council said Iran's economic struggles could hamper efforts to fully rebuild military capability.
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