# Trump says US may need to strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain

https://mins.news/en/item/103092

- Reuters, 2026-10-16 12:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-us-may-need-strike-irans-pickaxe-mountain-2026-10-16/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ad21d8281b9480001ba569f

> Donald Trump said the United States may have to target Pickaxe Mountain, a site linked to Iran’s nuclear program, to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. He said he would not use nuclear weapons or send US ground troops to Iran, but did not say whether he had authorized use of the “mother of all bombs” against Iranian energy and nuclear sites.

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