Natanz Mountain's Hidden Nuclear Threat Persists
TL;DR
Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain nuclear facility remains an unresolved threat. Despite US and Israeli efforts since the June 2025 war, over 400 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium remains unaddressed and the Pickaxe Mountain site—deeply buried and heavily fortified—has not been neutralized, with satellite imagery showing ongoing fortifications and questions about its operability or the feasibility of destroying or seizing it.
- Iran's Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site remains a threat The Jerusalem Post
- Iranian FM: Tehran’s enriched uranium ‘under the rubble, we have no plan to recover’ it The Times of Israel
- If Seizing Iran’s Nuclear Material Is the Endgame, Here’s What It Would Take WSJ
- 'If Trump Wants To': US Ambassador Says Washington Has Forces To Seize Iran's Enriched Uranium | World News News18
- Much of Iran's near-bomb-grade uranium likely to be in Isfahan, IAEA's Grossi says Reuters
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