# Iran’s ‘Pickaxe Mountain’: Is Trump weighing a nuclear strike?

https://mins.news/en/video/126551

- DW News, 2026-11-03 03:54 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlQKo5fM2Ew

> Conservative US commentator Tucker Carlson has claimed the Trump administration is considering a nuclear strike on a suspected Iranian nuclear site called Pickaxe Mountain. DW’s Jared Reed discusses why it is a difficult target with Middle East analyst Arash Azizi, along with prospects for ending the Iran war through negotiations.

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