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Trump says US is targeting ‘Pickaxe Mountain’ in Iran. But what is it?
President Trump says the U.S. will start targeting “Pickaxe Mountain” in continued strikes in Iran soon. We explain what that really is and why officials are concerned about it.
President Donald Trump says the U.S. will start targeting “Pickaxe Mountain” in continued strikes in Iran soon.
Speaking from the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump gave a dim view of possible peace talks with Iran, saying the U.S. had “no interest in meeting.”
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He signaled that U.S. forces could soon target an under-construction Iranian nuclear site buried deep under a mountain.
The site, known as Pickaxe Mountain, lies on the south side of Iran’s Natanz nuclear enrichment site, which was bombed by the U.S. during the 12-day war between Iran and Israel in 2025. But Pickaxe Mountain has remained untouched as Iran continues to dig at the site.
Iran has always insisted its nuclear program is peaceful, while resuming the enrichment of uranium to near weapons-grade levels since Trump scrapped a 2015 nuclear deal during his first term. The U.S. and others believe Iran had a nuclear weapons program until 2003 and may reconstitute it in the future.
Washington Correspondent Christopher Salas looks closer at what Pickaxe Mountain really is and why officials are concerned about it.
Watch the video above for more details.
