Iran Pursuing Parallel Nuclear Reconstruction and Diplomacy

Intelligence assessments indicate Iran is pursuing a dual-track strategy: maintaining a semblance of willingness for diplomacy with the West while prioritizing the rehabilitation of air defense capabilities, restoration of its ballistic missile program, and acceleration of underground nuclear facility fortification. Satellite imagery shows new construction activity at Fordow, Iran's most hardened enrichment site, which survived the June strikes largely intact due to its deep mountain location.