'We May Hit Pickaxe Very Soon': Trump Issues Fresh Strike Warning To Iran Over Heavily Fortified Nuclear Facility
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US President Donald Trump has issued a direct warning to Tehran, declaring that American forces could strike Iran’s heavily fortified underground nuclear facility at "Pickaxe Mountain" if US intelligence detects any suspicious activity at the site.
Speaking to journalists in the Oval Office on Friday, Trump underscored that Washington maintains round-the-clock surveillance over the deeply buried complex and will not hesitate to unleash a decisive military strike to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
'We Know Everybody Moving At Pickaxe'
"We may hit Pickaxe very soon because if there was anything going on with Pickaxe," Trump said, warning that intelligence agencies are tracking every movement across the location. "We know everybody that's moving at Pickaxe; we know everybody that's moving everywhere all over Iran. And if anything goes bad, we hit them; we hit them hard."
The US President defended the five-month military campaign against Iranian infrastructure, framing it as an essential step to safeguard global security and prevent regional devastation. "They're not going to have a nuclear weapon; that's what we did," Trump noted. "If we didn't go in there, you wouldn't have Israel right now, you wouldn't have the Middle East, and they probably would go at European cities and our cities next."
Deeply Buried Tunnels Present Tactical Challenge
Pickaxe Mountain, situated near Iran's heavily damaged Natanz uranium-enrichment plant, houses a heavily fortified complex with two deeply buried tunnel networks. Reports indicate that Israeli intelligence suspects Tehran of relocating thousands of advanced centrifuges into these subterranean bunkers to shield them from conventional air strikes.
Trump’s warnings follow a series of precise military engagements carried out by US Central Command (CENTCOM). American forces recently executed targeted air strikes against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) assets, focusing on air defence radar systems, maritime facilities, and communications networks. CENTCOM confirmed those operations came in direct response to IRGC attempts to disrupt commercial shipping lanes in the strategic Strait of Hormuz and target American service personnel stationed in the region.
