Satellitenbilder enthüllen Trumps Behauptung eines „einfachen“ Sieges im Iran

*SS from Bloomberg News reporters Jonathan Tirone, Raeedah Wahid, Hayley Warren, Rachel Lavin:*

President Donald Trump said this week the US would “easily” prevail in any military confrontation with Iran. Recent activity on the ground in the Islamic Republic, though, indicates any victory might be short-lived.

Satellite images suggest the Pentagon would confront an adversary focused on preserving its most critical military and nuclear capabilities. Photographs taken this month show Iranian engineers clearing debris at nuclear facilities damaged during last June’s 12-day conflict with the US and Israel while reinforcing key sites against future attack.

US and Iranian diplomats gather on Thursday in Geneva for what they describe as a last-ditch effort to avert renewed hostilities, and both sides say they want a deal. If negotiations collapse, Trump has signaled he’s prepared to escalate, backed by what officials describe as the largest US military buildup in the Middle East in more than two decades.

Yet should he pull the trigger, military planners would face a dispersed and partially concealed set of targets because of Iran’s rugged geography. The scale of their task would be compounded by reduced international monitoring and the limits of even the most powerful conventional munitions.