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How Washington uses satellite imagery to guide media analysis of Iran

A handout satellite image made available by Maxar shows a crater over the underground facility of the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility after US airstrikes in Iran, 22 June 2025.
A handout satellite image made available by Maxar shows a crater over the underground facility of the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility after US airstrikes in Iran, 22 June 2025. © Maxar Technologies Handout/EPA/MaxPPP

Washington has mastered the art of selectively releasing satellite imagery to serve its narratives. While the Pentagon allows contractor Maxar to release images of Iranian nuclear sites, it also uses a discreet licensing system to prevent the publication of images of the much more strategic Strait of Hormuz.

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Olympic intelligence: France turns focus to 2030 Winter Games

The official launch of the company tasked with overseeing the infrastructure of the 2030 Olympic Games, Solideo, in Marseille, southern France, on 14 April 2025.
The official launch of the company tasked with overseeing the infrastructure of the 2030 Olympic Games, Solideo, in Marseille, southern France, on 14 April 2025. © Miguel Medina/AFP

The French interior ministry has asked its services to provide a risk analysis by September focusing on the Winter Olympics to be held in the French Alps. Meanwhile, the mothballed Olympic Intelligence Centre is to be reactivated in 2028.

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