Iran is rebuilding its nuclear program underground. Will Trump take it out?

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“We’re going to take out Pickaxe Mountain. Tell the Iranians to be ready,” President Donald Trump declared Monday on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show. The regime in Tehran never learns, and it never stops scheming.

Fresh evidence reveals that Iran is hard at work on the deeply buried nuclear site near Natanz called Pickaxe Mountain, openly defying what remains of the fragile U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding. This blatant violation demands a clear American response: Eliminate Iran’s ability to use Pickaxe Mountain, ideally for good.

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