Washington, Oct. 16 -- US President Donald Trump has ruled out using nuclear weapons against Iran, saying Washington did not need them, while warning that the United States could launch further strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, including a suspected underground site known as Pickaxe Mountain.
In an interview with Newsmax on Thursday, Trump dismissed reports that his administration was considering using a nuclear weapon against Iran, stressing that the "mother of all bombs" was a conventional weapon.
"The mother of all bombs is not nuclear," Trump said, describing it as "just an extremely large bomb".
"No, I wouldn't use nuclear. We don't have to," he said, ruling out the use of nuclear weapons.
However, Trump indicated that further...