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Even “all deeply buried nuclear facilities” would leave room for chicanery, as the facility beneath Pickaxe Mountain could be excluded as a “construction site.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

A satellite image from 10 February shows what appears to be fresh concrete laid on top of one of the Pickaxe Mountain entrance areas.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

But tunneling appears to be increasing at Pickaxe Mountain near Natanz, which Iran in 2020 declared a site for building centrifuges, central to uranium enrichment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

The assertion came after US media reported that Iran had accelerated construction at a secret underground nuclear site called "Pickaxe Mountain", or Kuh-e Kolang, near its Natanz facility.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

Pickaxe, pik′aks, n. a picking tool, with a point at one end of the head and a cutting blade at the other, used in digging.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various