New Delhi, July 22 -- US President Donald Trump warned this week that the US will be hitting the Pickaxe Mountain area "pretty soon and very heavily." Earlier, in an interview on the Hugh Hewitt show, Trump said, "We have eyes on it and Pickaxe mountain is a possible target for a nice big fat shot right in the front door...We're watching Pickaxe Mountain very closely. We don't see any activity there."

Pickaxe Mountain is a heavily fortified site which the US and Israel believe is linked to Iran's nuclear program. It is located near Iran's heavily damaged Natanz uranium enrichment facility.

The Natanz site, where two of Iran's uranium enrichment plants are located, has been bombed before; during the war started by the US and Israel on 28...