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Iran on Wednesday denied there had been any nuclear-related activity at the so-called \u201cPickaxe Mountain,\u201d one of the country\u2019s most advanced uranium-enrichment facilities, less than a day after President Trump promised to strike the complex.<\/p>\n

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Esmaeil Baqaei, the spokesperson for Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry, wrote in a statement that attacks on the Islamic regime\u2019s \u201cpeaceful nuclear facilities\u201d are a clear violation of international law and \u201creveal the United States\u2019 deep-rooted enmity toward Iran\u2019s scientific progress.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that all of Iran\u2019s nuclear activity has been recorded with the appropriate organizations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWashington\u2019s obsessive focus on Kolang Kouh (Pickaxe Mountain) where no nuclear activity is taking place is nothing more than a fabricated pretext for aggression, destruction, and sabotage,\u201d Mr. Baqaei wrote on X.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Pickaxe Mountain is an advanced nuclear facility located near Natanz, one of the country\u2019s most prominent enrichment sites. The site was supposedly built more than 300 feet underground and has never been assessed by international inspectors.<\/p>\n

Following the June 2025 strikes on Iran\u2019s uranium enrichment facilities, authorities reportedly accelerated construction of the site in anticipation of another war.<\/p>\n

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Officially, Iran says the site is used to construct advanced centrifuges. But analysts and some U.S. officials have theorized that Iran has used the site to store its stockpiles of highly enriched uranium.<\/p>\n

Washington is deeply invested in retrieving or otherwise disposing of Iran\u2019s uranium stockpiles and sees the material as a tool Iran would use to build nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump told reporters Tuesday that the U.S. would be launching attacks on Pickaxe Mountain in the near future.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll be hitting that area very probably pretty soon,\u201d Mr. Trump said. \u201cThere\u2019s not a thing they can do about it. You know, normally I wouldn\u2019t say that. If I thought they could do something about it, I would never say that. But we\u2019ll be hitting that area pretty soon, and very heavily.\u201d<\/p>\n

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