Israel believes Iran moved nuclear centrifuges to tunnel system under Pickaxe Mountain: Wall Street Journal
Israeli intelligence says the underground complex could shelter thousands of centrifuges and complicate any future airstrike, according to the Wall Street Journal.
- Israeli intelligence assessed that Iran moved thousands of uranium-enrichment centrifuges into tunnels deep inside Pickaxe Mountain last fall, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Monday.
- The transfer followed the 12-day war in June 2025, when American and Israeli strikes targeted Iran's three main nuclear facilities, prompting Tehran to relocate sensitive equipment into the hardened underground complex.
- Experts note the complex extends more than 100 yards beneath solid rock, making it deeper and more fortified than the Fordow enrichment facility, presenting a major challenge for potential airstrikes.
- While Tehran claims the site serves only as an assembly factory for centrifuges, the International Atomic Energy Agency has been denied access to verify these activities or rule out nuclear materials.
- President Donald Trump recently identified Pickaxe Mountain as a potential target, telling radio host Hugh Hewitt last week it is a "possible target for a nice, big, fat shot right near the front door.
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The IAEA has no access since the US attacks. How many centrifuges have survived in Iran is open. Trump still wants to bomb.
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Israel believes Iran moved nuclear centrifuges to tunnel system under Pickaxe Mountain: Wall Street Journal
Israeli intelligence believes that Iran moved thousands of nuclear centrifuges into tunnels deep inside Pickaxe Mountain, and US President Donald Trump has threatened to attack the site, according to a Tuesday report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
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