U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States will bomb the Mount Pickaxe site, located near Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment facility which suffered severe damage, "very soon."

The heavily fortified Mount Pickaxe site contains two complexes of tunnels buried at great depths, which experts believe are beyond the reach of the most powerful bunker-buster bombs in the U.S. arsenal.

The site is linked to Iran's nuclear program.

Israeli intelligence believes Iran moved thousands of centrifuges used for uranium enrichment into tunnels carved deep into the mountain last fall, according to U.S. and Israeli officials cited by the Wall Street Journal.

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According to the newspaper, Israel informed the United States of these assessments, noting that the centrifuges were moved to a site known as "Mount Pickaxe" inside Iran, following a 12-day war in June 2025 that saw intense U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran's three main nuclear facilities.

The disclosure of this information comes as Israel's military objectives toward Iran diverge from those of the United States, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to the newspaper, seeking to convince U.S. President Donald Trump to resume broad strikes on Iran to slow its military programs and efforts to rebuild its capabilities.

Trump had spoken publicly about the site in an interview with conservative host Hugh Hewitt on July 13, describing it as "a potential target for a big strike," in his first direct reference to the possibility of targeting "Mount Pickaxe."

Iran's foreign minister and the International Atomic Energy Agency did not respond to the newspaper's requests for comment, while the White House referred to Trump's previous statements on the site.