{"id":249738,"date":"2026-11-10T19:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T19:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/?p=249738"},"modified":"2026-11-10T19:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T19:26:09","slug":"iran-is-to-distribute-iodine-tablets-while-trump-targets-pickaxe-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/iran-is-to-distribute-iodine-tablets-while-trump-targets-pickaxe-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran is to distribute iodine tablets while Trump targets Pickaxe Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran distributes iodine tablets<\/strong><\/p>\n

The US midterm elections are over, and the Democrats have won. Now the question is what the Trump administration will do about Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain and Kharg Island.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the Times<\/em> <\/a>reports<\/a> that the Iranian government is distributing iodine tablets to communities near nuclear facilities, as Tehran fears an attack on Pickaxe Mountain may be imminent.<\/p>\n

This is how the Times<\/em> described the preparations:<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, the video appears to explain to residents how to survive a nuclear explosion near Pickaxe. The video, examined by the <\/em>Times, asks viewers to imagine a nuclear explosion before listing the approximate distances to nearby cities: 17 miles from Natanz, 25 from Kashan, 117 from Isfahan, and 223 from Tehran. It gives three survival instructions: \u2018Go inside, stay inside, and pay attention to updates\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

It also warns that an attack on an underground facility could hurl large quantities of radioactive soil and rock into the atmosphere, allowing the wind to carry contaminated dust hundreds of miles. People near the site might only have 10 to 15 minutes before the fallout hits, it says, while people in more distant cities could have several hours.<\/em><\/p>\n

The video isn’t the only element reinforcing Iranians’ impression that an attack is imminent. Iodine tablets are being distributed as a precaution to communities near nuclear facilities to protect against potential radiation exposure, a health ministry official explained. \u2018Yes, we are distributing iodine,\u2019 the official told the <\/em>Times.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018During every war, we have aimed to distribute iodine within a two- to three-kilometre radius of nuclear facilities. Trump can no longer be trusted. He could actually commit this crime\u2019.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Should the Trump administration decide on escalation, a cyberattack or other less lethal means could disrupt operations at Iran’s oil export hub on Kharg Island. Pickaxe Mountain poses a significantly greater challenge.<\/p>\n

The nuclear facilities at Pickaxe Mountain are located 80 to 100 meters underground and are therefore difficult to destroy even with the most powerful conventional bunker-buster bombs in the US. However, a B61-11 nuclear bunker-buster could destroy the facility.<\/p>\n

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\u2026 yeah, pretty much.<\/p>\n

Pickaxe is buried under like 100m of granite, and given its sheer size, it\u2019s entirely unclear if GBU-57s would accomplish much of anything.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also not like Fordow with its obvious cooling vents, Pickaxe has maybe one obvious weak-point (3rd image), and that appears to have been plugged with concrete.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Analytica Camillus (@AnalyticaCamil1) November 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n