US President Donald Trump told Fox News that the US has been surveilling Pickaxe Mountain with "the greatest cameras in the world" and that "it was not a big problem." US president, in irritated comments before hosting PM, criticizes Netanyahu for ostensibly speaking publicly about activity at the nuclear site; Katz: Israel wants to strike Iran but US holding us back The post Trump, ahead of meet with Netanyahu: ‘I don’t need Bibi’ for intel on Pickaxe Mountain appeared first on The Times of Israel. Iran war: What is Pickaxe Mountain and why does Trump want to attack it?
US President Donald Trump has threatened to attack Pickaxe Mountain, a fortified underground facility at the centre of renewed Israeli claims about Iran's nuclear programme. "We'll be hitting that area very probably pretty soon. And there’s not a thing they can do about it," Trump said on Tuesday, as the US continued its attacks on Iran.
Tehran warned that any strike on its nuclear facilities would widen the regional war. Israel says Iran transferred enriched uranium and advanced centrifuges to the mountain after US and Israeli attacks damaged other nuclear sites. It has provided no evidence, and Trump acknowledged that Washington could not confirm the assertion.
Here is what we know about the facility. US president Donald Trump is expected to meet with the Israeli prime minister at the White House later. (EPA Images pic)WASHINGTON: US president Donald Trump on Tuesday said there have been good talks with Iran even as he reiterated his threats to target Pickaxe Mountain as well as bridges and power plants if a deal is not made with Tehran.In an interview with Fox News, Trump said he wanted to avoid targeting Iran's bridges and power plants if possible."It's a very, very delicate balance.
So I think we have a very strong position right now. They know I'm going to do that if they don't make a deal," Trump told the "Fox and Friends" programme. "We cannot have them break deals anymore.""We have had some very good talks," Trump said of Iran.Trump is due to meet with Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House later on Tuesday after the two countries launched strikes against Iran in February.Trump was asked about reports that Netanyahu plans to talk to him about work happening at a site linked to Iran's nuclear programme known as Pickaxe Mountain, a fortified facility buried deep underground near one of Tehran's main nuclear sites."I don't need Bibi to tell me that.
Bibi's telling me that because he wants me to stay involved," the Republican president said, referring to Netanyahu."I know exactly what's going on at Pickaxe. We took out their nuclear sites, and we'll have to take out Pickaxe if we don't make a deal. We don't make a deal, we'll take it out very easily," Trump said.
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