President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will target Iran’s heavily fortified Pickaxe Mountain facility, warning that Washington will continue to strike the country with increasing intensity. The declaration marks a sharp escalation in the ongoing confrontation between the two nations.
Pickaxe Mountain, located near Iran’s damaged Natanz uranium enrichment site, is considered one of the country’s most secure military installations. It features two deep underground tunnel complexes that experts believe are beyond the reach of even the most powerful bunker-buster bombs in the U.S. arsenal.
Speaking on the Hugh Hewitt Show this week, Trump said the United States would take out Pickaxe Mountain and urged Iranians to be prepared. He claimed the site was under constant surveillance and showed no current activity. The president added that Iran’s nuclear program was failing and that every time the U.S. detected progress, it destroyed the facilities.
The announcement came amid a broader escalation of hostilities. A day earlier, Trump said the U.S. was reinstating its blockade of Iranian shipping in the Gulf and would keep the Strait of Hormuz open but only for a fee. He warned that Washington would hit Iran very hard that night and again the next day, asserting that Tehran could do nothing to stop it.
In response, Iran is signaling a potential new front. After restricting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran is now threatening to use its Houthi allies in Yemen to close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a narrow waterway linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. A senior Yemeni official warned that closing the strait could push oil prices to $200 a barrel if Saudi Arabia continued its attacks on Yemen, according to Iran’s Press TV.
Analysts say Iran is expanding the conflict to pressure Washington by threatening global energy routes beyond the Middle East. With U.S. strikes inside Iran increasing and Houthi attacks rising, two of the world’s most vital oil chokepoints face unprecedented risk.
Article and image source: iraqsun.com
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