Washington DC, Nov. 2 -- US conservative commentator Tucker Carlson claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was pressuring President Donald Trump to consider a nuclear strike against Iran, alleging that the suspected underground nuclear facility at Pickaxe Mountain in central Iran could be the target.

In a lengthy post on X on Sunday, Carlson claimed that the Trump administration could be days away from considering such an attack, alleging that Netanyahu has been lobbying senior US officials to resume military operations against Tehran rather than pursue a diplomatic settlement.

"Under pressure from Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Trump administration may be within days of launching a nuclear strike on Iran...