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Iranians prepare for fire, fury and nuclear fallout at Pickaxe Mountain

No one knows exactly what the underground facility is for but as Trump
debates renewed war, Tehran is giving out iodine tablets and survival
advice. or as long as the regime in Iran has kept the kind of secrets that
put it in the crosshairs of the regime in America,

it has buried them deep.
From Natanz to Fordow, Isfahan to Bushehr, the nuclear facilities we can
see are often matched by those that we cannot. Despite the constellation of
satellites examining every square foot of Iranian territory and the best
efforts of intelligence agencies in the US and Israel, nobody can quite say
exactly what is going on at Kuh-e Kolang Gaz La, the complex hewn from
granite known as Pickaxe Mountain.

That it exists is beyond doubt.
Satellite photos cited by President Trump prove that much. But not much
more is known, even to the vast majority of Iranians. This week, though,
that has started to change. A video being shared on Iranian social media
illustrates how the regime is increasingly concerned that Trump will order
a strike on Pickaxe, where the Ayatollah’s best nuclear scientists are
now rumoured to be working. A little over a mile south of the Natanz
uranium-enrichment complex in central Iran, the complex is believed to be
beyond the reach of conventional weapons.

Times 6th Nov 2026, https://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/article/iranians-prepare-us-nuclear-attack-pickaxe-mountain-9grz5mznq

November 9, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, weapons and war