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IAEA chief says there are 'indications' of movement at Iran's Pickaxe Mountain

Mountain Time
Local time
4:14 PM in Vienna
Where
Vienna, Austria (site: Pickaxe Mountain, near Natanz, Iran)

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said remote imagery showed 'some indications that there is movement around this construction site' at Pickaxe Mountain near Natanz, but that the agency had no concrete information on activities there and has never sent inspectors inside.

Why it matters

Trump has repeatedly threatened to bomb the site, which the US and Israel suspect may hide centrifuges; the remarks came a day after the IAEA board referred Iran to the UN Security Council.

Sources (4)

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Correction

  • Now gives the local time where it happened, 4:14 PM Vienna time, Sep 10, 2026 (the moment itself is unchanged); corrected the headline (it read "IAEA Chief Grossi Confirms New Construction at Iran's Pickaxe Mountain Site"); revised the summary; revised the context note; corrected the location from Pickaxe Mountain, near Natanz, Iran to Vienna, Austria (site: Pickaxe Mountain, near Natanz, Iran); reclassified it from nuclear_diplomacy to nuclear; updated the sourcing note; added 2 sources: The Times of Israel live blog, Al Jazeera live blog. Why and evidence