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- US President Donald Trump has threatened to strike Iran's Pickaxe Mountain, an underground nuclear facility near Natanz, saying the US will hit it "pretty soon" and "very heavily."
- He said the real concern is Iran's stockpile of roughly 1,000 pounds of uranium enriched to 60% purity, reportedly stored at or near the site.
- Experts believe the complex, with tunnels at least 100 metres underground, is among Iran's most fortified nuclear facilities and may be beyond the reach of even America's most powerful bunker-buster bombs.
- The threat comes amid stalled US-Iran negotiations, with the fate of the enriched uranium stockpile a central point of dispute.
What to watch next
- Whether the US carries out the threatened strike on Pickaxe Mountain
- Progress or breakdown in US-Iran negotiations over the enriched uranium stockpile
- Reports on whether deep-penetration weapons or alternative methods like sabotage could reach the buried site
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