{"id":"27e4e040-9f90-47b2-881e-836356fe3749","url":"https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-war-pickaxe-mountain-nuclear-underground-what-to-know-2df2cbdbab7e21ba26e41cacdfa84e7c","domain":"apnews.com","outlet":{"name":"AP News","country":"US","cred":5,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"What to know about Iran's Pickaxe Mountain, home to an underground nuclear site threatened by Trump - AP News","plainHeadline":"AP News: What to know about Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain, which is home to an underground nuclear site threatened by Trump","rewrite":{"model":"gpt-5.4-nano","at":"2026-07-22T11:06:21.260Z"},"summary":["Pickaxe Mountain, or Kuh-e Kolang Gaz La, is under construction near Natanz in Iran.","Trump said in the Oval Office that the site could be targeted “pretty soon” and “very heavily.”","Experts estimate digging depth of 80–100 meters, with some suggesting it may be even deeper.","The underground facility could support uranium enrichment and centrifuge construction protected by Iran’s defenses.","The site remains uninspected by the UN nuclear watchdog, leaving its contents unclear."],"topics":["Politics","Energy","Science"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-07-22T06:21:00.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-07-22T07:39:26.966Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/2744c625-bcf9-4f6b-9fc0-9050914b475a"}