US President Donald Trump said the US wanted to ensure the nuclear weapons never fall into Iranian hands (AP photo).
Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain lies around 1.5 kilometres south of the Natanz nuclear facility and is believed to house nuclear centrifuges relocated from other sites, according to Anadolu Agency. The mountain is made of solid granite and extends to a depth of up to 600 metres, with Iran allegedly excavating more than 100 metres beneath it. Trump said the US wanted to ensure the nuclear weapons never fall into Iranian hands “because if they had it, they would use it.
Speaking to Newsmax, Trump said the US was examining the possibility of targeting the site, which is buried deep underground near one of Iran’s alleged main nuclear facilities, Reuters reported.
We may have to go there,” Trump said. Earlier, Iran foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said “no nuclear activity is taking place” at Pickaxe Mountain, dismissing US threats as “a fabricated pretext for aggression, destruction, and sabotage”. “Their nuclear is buried under millions of tons of mountain. Now we’re looking at Pickaxe Mountain.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said Washington may strike Iran’s Pickaxe mountain facility as he seeks to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, while ruling out the use of nuclear weapons in the ongoing war.