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Satellite images suggest construction near Iran's missile bases

BBC Verify examines repairs and new building work as the wider broadcast follows a reported nuclear proposal through Qatar and warnings from Iraq.

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Major construction ongoing near Iran missile bases | BBC News

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1:10BBC Verify presents satellite imagery suggesting construction and repairs at Iranian missile facilities.
2:35Mikey Kay examines the strategic and cost implications of Iran's ballistic missiles and US interceptors.
5:14Hegseth rejects impeachment pressure; Will Grant subsequently describes his growing political vulnerability.
8:53Reuters reports an Iranian nuclear proposal sent to the US through Qatar.
12:19Sergey Goryashko examines Putin's talks with Iranian representatives in Moscow.
15:57Iraq's foreign minister warns of possible militia involvement as disarmament talks stall.

Construction and repair work near Iranian missile facilities is the starting point for BBC News's latest examination of the war, bringing satellite imagery into a programme that also follows diplomatic messages and political pressure in Washington.

BBC Verify correspondent Merlyn Thomas presents images suggesting significant construction near at least two major missile sites. Military analyst Mikey Kay then examines Iran's ballistic missile arsenal and the strategic and financial implications for the US, including the interceptors used against those weapons.

Presented by Lewis Vaughan Jones, the broadcast has drawn roughly 277,000 views in its first thirteen hours. Its title, "Major construction ongoing near Iran missile bases | BBC News", describes the opening investigation rather than the whole programme.

The diplomatic reporting offers a separate development: Reuters reports that a senior Iranian official has sent the US a nuclear proposal through Qatar. BBC Persian's Parham Ghobadi discusses that report and Iran's regional strategy, before BBC Russian Service correspondent Sergey Goryashko examines talks between Vladimir Putin and Iranian representatives in Moscow.

In Washington, correspondent Will Grant describes Pete Hegseth as increasingly vulnerable amid impeachment pressure. Archive footage gives the US defence secretary's response: "Didn't work against President Trump, and it won't work with me."

The programme closes with Iraq's foreign minister warning that pro-Iran militias based in Iraq could enter the wider conflict, as disarmament talks with the Iraqi government stall.

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