Israel Assesses Iran Moved Enriched Uranium to Pickaxe Mountain
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An Israeli source familiar with the intelligence said Iran moved advanced centrifuges and part of its stockpile of 60%-enriched uranium into the fortified Pickaxe Mountain complex after the June 2025 war. The underground site near Natanz has never been inspected by the IAEA and has not been struck by Israel or the United States. Separate reporting placed the centrifuge transfer last autumn and said Israel shared the assessment with Washington. Recent Israeli and U.S. defense briefings cited by another report disputed that the site poses a current threat, leaving the material's location unresolved.
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Sources factually disagree on whether nuclear material is at the site: CNN and The Times of Israel report an Israeli assessment that advanced centrifuges and some 60%-enriched uranium were moved there; The Jerusalem Post says its recent Israeli and U.S. defense sources assessed no current threat and explicitly contradicted those reports. They agree that Pickaxe Mountain remains uninspected and deeply fortified.
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