# International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Type: Company

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## Timeline

- **2026-07-21**: Intelligence Assessment Publicly Reported — The Wall Street Journal reports that Israel has informed the US of its assessment that centrifuges were moved to Pickaxe Mountain.
- **2026-07-20**: Trump Threatens Retaliation — President Trump posts on Truth Social that Iran will 'pay' for killing American soldiers, after multiple US deaths over the weekend push the toll to 17.
- **2026-02-28**: US Military Operations Begin Against Iran — American forces launch strikes that include an attack on Natanz; the above-ground enrichment facility is later confirmed destroyed.
- **2025-09**: Centrifuges Moved to Pickaxe Mountain — Israeli intelligence believes Iran transferred thousands of uranium-enrichment centrifuges into deep tunnels inside Pickaxe Mountain.
- **2025-06**: Israel-Iran War and Nuclear Site Strikes — A 12-day war concludes with American and Israeli airstrikes heavily damaging Iran's three main nuclear sites.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Iran's 100-Yard-Deep Pickaxe Mountain Tunnels: A New Space-Based ISR Priority
2026-07-22 08:38:47 · Sentiment: Bearish · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 2

Israeli intelligence reveals Iran moved thousands of centrifuges into tunnels buried more than 100 yards below Pickaxe Mountain. For space and defense planners, the site’s extreme depth challenges conventional strike options and elevates the need for advanced space-based sensing, missile warning, and persistent surveillance to monitor clandestine nuclear activity.
Full story: https://getspacebrief.com/story/iran-100-yard-pickaxe-mountain-centrifuges-space-isr

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