Trump Warns Iran Over Activity at Fortified Pickaxe Mountain Nuclear Site

The UN's nuclear watchdog reports fresh construction activity at Iran's deeply fortified Pickaxe Mountain site, though inspectors have not been allowed inside the tunnel complex to verify what is happening. President Trump publicly warned Iran not to "get cute," threatening to "hit them very hard," while some US voices are openly floating a nuclear strike as the only way to destroy the facility, amid an already ongoing US-Iran conflict Trump says will end after the midterms. A direct US-Iran confrontation over a hardened nuclear site, with nuclear weapons even raised as an option, marks a serious escalation with the potential to widen the regional conflict.