Trump threatens possible strike on Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain

Donald Trump said the United States could strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain “very soon,” adding another threat to an already escalating confrontation between Washington and Tehran.

Pickaxe Mountain lies near Iran’s heavily damaged Natanz uranium enrichment facility. The fortified site contains two tunnel complexes buried deep underground. Trump did not specify when a strike might take place or what its scope could be.

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At the same time, the Trump administration is developing a broader post-war strategy for the Middle East, Axios reported, citing officials and people familiar with the discussions. Trump has privately said he is working on “something much bigger” in the region after the war, according to the report.

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The proposed strategy could include expanding the Abraham Accords, pursuing normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel, and advancing security arrangements involving Gaza, Syria and Lebanon. The reported plans would align US allies more closely as Washington seeks to contain Iran.

Separately, a senior US official told Israel’s Channel 12 that Washington currently had no indication that US military bases in Jordan had been targeted. The statement followed Arab media reports that Iranian missiles had been intercepted over Jordan. “At this stage, we are not aware of any firing at American bases in Jordan,” the official was quoted as saying.

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At this stage, we are not aware of any firing at American bases in Jordan