I'm John Batchler, the Iran War, the suspect nuclear weapons program, the restart, if it is, of the

conflict doesn't answer the question that we need to have answered for these resolutions of the

so-called negotiations, which are now suspended. I'm going to move to the technical talks quote that is ongoing.

What technical talks are ongoing between the U.S. and Tehran during this, maybe restarting the war,

maybe not? The person I know who can help me on this is Andrea Stricker of the Foundation for

Defense of Democracies. What does Iran have?

What do we need to know they have?

How do we find out about it?

And for heaven's sakes, Andrea, what is pickax mountain?

Good evening to you.

Good evening, John.

Great to be with you.

The technical talks apparently continue with the U.S. saying that they will continue striking Iran

if it's violating its condition that it keep the Strait of Hormuz open, and we know it's

been firing on ships. But another issue that has come up is that the Iranians appear to be

continuing construction on a very deeply buried nuclear site

called Pickax Mountain. This site is about two-thirds of a mile underneath a mountain and maybe

even more deeply buried than the Fordow Enrichment site that the U.S. destroyed back in June

2025. And under the MOU with United States, Iran committed to maintain the status quo of its nuclear

program.

So that should rule out any further construction on this nuclear site.

Western intelligence is concerned that it could be a new enrichment plant.

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