New Delhi, Nov. 2 -- American conservative commentator Tucker Carlson claimed on Sunday (local time) that the US might launch a nuclear strike against Iran, targeting Pickaxe Mountain in central Iran, and warned that such a move could trigger World War III.

In a post on X, Carlson claimed that the use of a nuclear weapon by the United States would encourage other nuclear-armed countries to launch attacks of their own.

Carlson alleged that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was pressing Trump to authorise a strike on Pickaxe Mountain, where Israeli intelligence claims Iran has resumed uranium enrichment. He argued that conventional US weapons could not penetrate the deeply buried facility, presenting a nuclear strike as the only m...