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Trump says US may target Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain ‘very soon’
US President Donald Trump has repeated an earlier warning that the US may attack Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain “very soon”.
![An injured person in a hospital following a US attack on a telecommunications tower in Kuhestak, in Minab, Iran, September 4, 2026. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-09-04T190329Z_1939706523_RC2DCNA4V8ZU_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-USA-STRIKES-SIRIK-1788549938.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz are visible near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, August 28, 2026. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2026-08-28T125017Z_430861520_RC2I7NAOVQB7_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-HORMUZ-1787952814.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Israel accused of withholding remains of nearly 800 Palestinians, including women and children
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Iran’s foreign ministry mocks US economic isolation plan, calling it ‘pure parody’
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![People gather on the beach, as vessels in the Strait of Hormuz are visible near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, August 25, 2026. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2026-08-25T111240Z_2136989212_RC2J5NAAYWGP_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-HORMUZ-1787691077.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Women walk past a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in downtown Tehran, Iran, August 20, 2026. [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AP26232599567667-1787348587.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
