The White House confirmed that the United States continues to monitor activities inside Iranian nuclear facilities, stressing that US President Donald Trump will not allow Tehran to possess a nuclear weapon, at a time when attention is once again turning to fortified Iranian facilities amid talk of accelerating construction work at a site near Natanz.

White House spokeswoman Olivia Wells told Al Arabiya TV that the United States is monitoring activities in Iranian nuclear facilities, stressing that Trump “will not allow Iran to possess a nuclear weapon.”

Commenting on reports of activities inside Iranian nuclear facilities, Wells said that on Trump’s orders, in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, American forces destroyed Iranian nuclear facilities.

She added that the American forces destroyed parts of Iranian military industries and sank the Iranian Navy, as she put it, and also rendered the Iranian Air Force “ineffective.”

The White House spokeswoman referred to Trump’s recent statements, stressing that the United States continues to monitor Iran.

She stressed that Iran has become, as she described it, “more vulnerable now than ever before,” reiterating that Trump will not allow it to possess a nuclear weapon.

Trump said, on Wednesday evening, that he believes that the war with Iran will end immediately after the US midterm elections scheduled for November, considering that Tehran will not be able to withstand, and accusing it of trying to influence the elections.

Trump added, in a statement to reporters, that he is not looking forward to reaching an agreement with Iran, and that what his administration is doing goes beyond the issue of the nuclear agreement.

He warned that “the whole world will face a big problem if Iran obtains a nuclear weapon.”

In the background of the developments, an analysis of satellite images published by an American research center revealed a significant acceleration during the year 2026 in construction work inside a fortified Iranian site at a great depth on Mount Kulang near Natanz, amid suspicions among Western intelligence services that Tehran is building an undeclared uranium enrichment facility.

The most recent photos taken on August 9 showed intensification of work to fortify the entrances to the tunnels and develop the internal road network, but experts said that they were unable to confirm or deny Israeli intelligence reports that talked about transporting centrifuges to the site.

Experts at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies analyzed satellite images taken over a period of six years and concluded that recorded activity on roads on Mount Kulang during 2026 exceeds what has been recorded at any time since the site was established.

The center indicated a clear increase in construction work, which included raising and fortifying tunnel entrances, paving the internal road network, and strengthening the areas surrounding the entrances, in addition to leveling and removing excavation waste.

Trump had threatened in July to forcefully bomb the site, but he has not yet carried out his threat.

The International Atomic Energy Agency also asked Tehran to provide information regarding Mount Kulang and allow its inspectors to enter the site, while the Center for Strategic and International Studies reported that Iran did not respond to these requests, according to the reports it relied on.

Experts explained that targeting the fortified facility inside a granite block at a great depth would be difficult, even using the heaviest American non-nuclear munitions.

These developments come as the confrontation between the United States and Iran enters its seventh month, after Tehran on Wednesday carried out new attacks on American targets in the Middle East in response to American strikes that targeted Iranian oil tankers.