What is Pickaxe Mountain? Iran's Secret Nuclear Facility That Trump Planned to Attack
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- US President Donald Trump announced that an attack on Iran's underground nuclear facility at Pickaxe Mountain will take place 'very soon'.
- Israeli intelligence believes that Iran moved its advanced centrifuges and uranium stockpile to this facility following the previous war.
- The facility is built in central Iran, south of the previously struck Natanz facility, at a depth of at least 100 meters.
- Iranian officials reported that they would consider a US attack on nuclear facilities as an expansion of the regional war.
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US President Donald Trump announced plans to attack a suspected underground nuclear facility located in central Iran and known as "Pickaxe Mountain". According to Israeli intelligence, Tehran moved some of its enriched uranium stockpile and advanced centrifuges to this deep underground facility following the June 2025 war. Iran warned that any US attack would expand the scope of the war in the region.
The Pickaxe Mountain facility initially began construction in 2020 as a facility planned for centrifuge assembly, reported to the UN International Atomic Energy Agency. Located at a depth of about 100 meters, it is built beneath a large mountain and situated just a few miles south of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, which was previously bombed by the US and Israel. Satellite imagery reveals that the facility has concrete-reinforced entrances against airstrikes and an extensive security perimeter.
It is reported that construction activities at Pickaxe Mountain accelerated after Israel and the US struck Iran's Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow facilities in June 2025. Analysts assess that Iran might be using this site as a covert center to transfer the operations of facilities destroyed in previous attacks or to enrich uranium. Iran, on the other hand, continues to maintain that its nuclear program is solely for peaceful energy purposes and that it is not developing nuclear weapons.
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- Where exactly is the Pickaxe Mountain facility and what kind of structure does it have?
- The facility is a complex network of tunnels built at least 100 meters deep inside a mountain in central Iran, a few miles south of the previously attacked Natanz uranium enrichment facility, featuring concrete-reinforced entrances.
- Why does Israel claim Iran moved its uranium stockpile to this facility?
- Because Israel and the US struck Iran's three other major nuclear facilities in June 2025. Israeli intelligence believes Iran is trying to conceal its nuclear program by moving its surviving centrifuges and enriched uranium to Pickaxe Mountain.
- What kind of attack could the US and Israel carry out on this deep underground facility?
- Analysts point out that a direct airstrike might not be effective due to the depth. Instead, it is suggested that surface facilities vital for the facility's survival, such as ventilation, electricity, and supply provisions, could be exploited as vulnerabilities.
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