When Satellite Imagery Goes Dark: New Tool Shows Damage in Iran and the Gulf

Bellingcat introduces the Iran Conflict Damage Proxy Map, an open-source tool that uses ESA Sentinel-1 SAR data and a Pixel-Wise T-Test algorithm to detect likely building damage from the Iran conflict and related strikes in the Gulf; the report explains how the tool works, its validation (AUC=0.87 against UN labels), example detections (military sites, air bases, port fuel tanks), and guidance to corroborate results with optical imagery and other sources.