# Pickaxe Mountain activity, U.S. intelligence gaps and more: Experts on Iran

https://mins.news/en/video/56020

- CNN, 2026-09-12 16:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc3paJEpcmM

> Analysts who reviewed six years of satellite imagery say a suspected Iranian nuclear site buried under granite has undergone extensive construction this year as the war with the U.S. unfolded. Intelligence agencies have long discussed Pickaxe Mountain, near the Natanz nuclear complex about 140 miles south of Tehran, as a likely place for Iran to protect future nuclear-program efforts.

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