everything valuable inside was probably dismantled & removed in day prior
That's just not logistically possible. One, it would take skilled labor a considerable amount of time to dismantle an entire uranium enrichment facility safely, and two, the sheer amount of movement to and from the site would've tipped off the Israelis and the Americans. You can't hide hundreds of big rigs making back and forth trips to an underground complex.
no side will tell you the truth.
I don't know what "truth" the US or Israelis could even tell you. They have no idea. Based on simulations and intelligence they might have a general idea, but for them to actually know anything for certain they'd need to do a comprehensive BDA, and Iran isn't going to publicize that information because obviously they aren't.
Which doesn't mean the site hasn't been rendered inoperable. I don't trust the weasel words of the type of person to type that top post.
If the sites haven't been destroyed, it is likely enough damage has been done to set back their program years, and will force them to build new sites if they intend on rebuilding the program.
This must have been one of the closest kept secrets of Iran, sure it is known something is going on in that mountain, but to be able to say with such precision where to strike without actually being able to see anything is crazy.
It's virtually impossible to keep something like this secret. Saying that site was secret and its impressive anyone found it would be like saying Area 51 is secret. Sure, the stuff
about the site is secret, but the site itself isn't beyond just denying it.
Iran moved all it's uranium to its super secret hide out, so they claim.
It's possible, but even if they did, it's useless now. The uranium is still not weapons grade, their enrichment plant is out of commission, and the site they would use to actually build a weapon is gone.
