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Pickaxe Mountain

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and US President Donald Trump meet in the Oval Office on July 28, 2026. (GPO)
July 28, 2026, 11:07 pm
Netanyahu: Meeting with Trump was one of our best ever; White House: Productive, positive
Reporters kept out; PM’s aide claims Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain nuclear facility not discussed, president didn’t press Israel to advance reconstruction of Gaza, or to withdraw IDF from Syria, Lebanon
By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
Cars and motorbikes drive past billboards showing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei (L) and his late father Ali Khamenei (R), with the slogan 'Thank you, loyal Iran,' in Beirut on June 22, 2026. (Anwar AMRO / AFP)
July 25, 2026, 6:00 am
US intel said to find Mojtaba Khamenei ‘far more’ inclined than father to seek nukes
According to NY Times, regime hardliners seen enjoying stronger position as they argue bomb needed to prevent future attacks on the Islamic Republic
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One, July 22, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
July 22, 2026, 11:38 pm
Trump escalates threats to Iran’s infrastructure, as US said readying to use heavy bombers
Israeli report says US told Jerusalem it will step up strikes in coming days, will likely hit Pickaxe nuclear site; Trump pledges to target bridge or power plant for every ship attacked in Hormuz
By Agencies, Stav Levaton, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
This June 15, 2026, photo from Planet Labs PBC shows Iran’s Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, upper right, and the construction at Pickaxe Mountain directly to the south of it. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
July 22, 2026, 11:19 am
What is Pickaxe Mountain, the underground Iranian nuclear site Trump has threatened?
Protected by anti-aircraft batteries, fencing and the IRGC, the Natanz facility sprawls a square mile and lies hundreds of feet below ground — possibly beyond bunker-buster reach
By Jon Gambrell
This handout satellite image courtesy of Vantor shows vehicles at the western entrance of the Pickaxe Mountain tunnel complex adjacent to the Natanz Nuclear Facility near Natanz, Isfahan province, central Iran, on June 21, 2026. (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor/AFP)
July 21, 2026, 11:09 pm
Trump claims US will strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain ‘probably pretty soon’
Israel said to believe Iran moved both centrifuges and enriched uranium to underground nuclear site last year; president downplays Houthi threats to block shipping in Red Sea
By Jacob Magid, Nava Freiberg and Lazar Berman
This handout satellite image courtesy of Vantor shows an overview of the Pickaxe Mountain tunnel complex adjacent to the Natanz Nuclear Facility near Natanz, Isfahan province, in central Iran on March 7, 2026. (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor / AFP)
July 21, 2026, 11:56 am
Israeli intel said to show Iran has moved thousands of centrifuges to Natanz’s Pickaxe Mountain
Iranians estimated to have transported the enrichment devices in months of activity at underground nuclear site; unclear where the centrifuges came from; Trump has threatened to bomb site
By ToI Staff
US Navy warships and aircraft transit the Arabian Sea in close formation, in a photo released July 8, 2026. (US Navy photo)
July 15, 2026, 4:14 am
US reimposes naval blockade as Trump threatens to ramp up strikes on Iran: ‘You better make a deal’
US president demands Iranians ‘get to the table and negotiate’ while at same time saying his negotiators just spoke with Tehran; Iran claims overnight attacks on Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain
By Agencies and Jacob Magid
This image from video released by US Central Command shows an explosion at Bandar Abbas Naval Base, Iran, as three Corsair unmanned surface vessels, also called one-way attack surface drones, fired by the US military, hit the port July 12, 2026. (US Central Command via AP)
July 14, 2026, 4:25 am
US attacks Iran and Tehran retaliates across Middle East as both vie for control of strait
American forces strike Iran for 3rd night in a row as Trump weighs hitting Pickaxe nuclear site; Iran targets Bahrain and Jordan, claims attack on UAE tankers that killed crewman
By Agencies and Jacob Magid
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