A security source cited by Israeli media reports that Iran is constructing a massive underground facility deep within Mount Pikakas, intended for uranium enrichment, in violation of the memorandum of understanding between Tehran and the Trump administration. The report asserts the facility is designed to withstand any bunker-buster bomb.
An Israeli security source, speaking to an Israeli media outlet on Sunday evening, said Iran is currently building a deep underground facility beneath Mount Pikakas that is intended to house centrifuges for uranium enrichment. The construction, the source claims, violates a memorandum of understanding signed between Tehran and the Trump administration that required the preservation of the status quo regarding the nuclear program.
The source described the facility as a 'massive hall' for centrifuge installation, burrowed so deep that no bunker-busting bomb would be able to penetrate it. The report comes amid a backdrop of fragile US-Iran negotiations over a new nuclear framework. As The Zioneer has previously reported (June 10-28), the MOU's terms and Iran's compliance have been subjects of intense debate. The allegation that Iran is actively building new underground infrastructure — in what would be a direct challenge to the deal — remains a single-source report and has not been independently verified.
3 developments
- DevelopingWestern intelligence: Iran producing nuclear bomb at secret underground facility
- StrongIran collapses tunnels, lays mines to shield near-weapons-grade uranium stockpile, CNN reports
- DevelopingUS reportedly prepared strike options targeting Iran's Mount Pikaks nuclear facility
- StrongNew satellite imagery shows construction surge at Iran's underground Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site
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