New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- Amid a relative lull in hostilities between the United States and Iran, President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) suggested that Washington could launch another strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, including Pickaxe Mountain, a suspected nuclear site buried beneath layers of rock, declaring, "We'll knock it out fast." He dismissed the suggestion that such an operation would require ground troops, saying, "No, I don't see that. I don't see that."

Trump made these remarks in an interview with Newsmax as reports suggested that the Pentagon was considering using the powerful weapon known as the "mother of all bombs." Commenting on the possibility of targeting Pickaxe Mountain, a heavily fortified nuclear site...