Iran's 'diabolical regime' is rebuilding nuclear sites right under everyone's noses, ex-general warns

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Iran is accelerating the recovery efforts of their nuclear sites and ballistic missile program, with construction carrying on at multiple facilities, including Tehran’s infamous Pickaxe Mountain base. Satellite networks and think tanks continue to document work across Iran’s nuclear and missile network, with a surge of activity recorded especially at the Pickaxe Mountain facility buried more than 300 feet underground near the Natanz atomic site.

A satellite overview shows the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Facility, along with damage from US airstrikes, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, near Qom, Iran. via REUTERS The acceleration is evidence that Iran will not abandon its nuclear ambition despite ongoing peace talks with the US, retired four-star Gen. Jack Keane told Fox News. Explore More Trump blasts ‘complete, total loser’ Bill Maher in 1,300-word Truth Social post UC Berkeley professor refuses to grade his students’ homework after noticing worrying trend: ‘No point’ Historic 80-ton boulder comes crashing down after more than a century at US attraction “They certainly haven’t given up on it.

It defines their regime,” Keane said. “We’re dealing with a diabolic regime” “They recommitted themselves to the same goal they always have: to recover their nuclear program. To accelerate their ballistic missile program because they recognize what a threat that was for their opponents,” he added.

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The New York Post's headline says Iran is rebuilding nuclear sites right under everyone's noses, though its own body says satellite networks and think tanks are openly documenting the work. In its own voice the Post also calls the Pickaxe Mountain base infamous, with no fact in the article to support that verdict.

Headline goes beyond the article
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“right under everyone's noses”
Why this matters
The headline says the rebuilding is happening "right under everyone's noses", suggesting hidden work nobody is watching.
The impression it gives
A reader believes Iran is rebuilding unnoticed.
The context
The body says satellite networks and think tanks are openly documenting the work and recording a surge of activity. Nobody in the article says the rebuilding is going unnoticed.
How we know
- Elsewhere in the article“continue to document work across Iran’s nuclear and missile network”
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Uses a loaded word
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“infamous”
Why this matters
The Post calls the Pickaxe Mountain base "infamous" in its own voice.
The impression it gives
A reader takes the site as already notorious and sinister.
The context
The article gives no fact about the site beyond its depth and location near Natanz that would support the verdict carried by "infamous".
How we know
- Elsewhere in the article“buried more than 300 feet underground near the Natanz atomic site”
Show it in the article

What it gets right

“damage from US airstrikes”
The caption names the US as the actor behind the damage at Fordow rather than writing the strikes in the passive.

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Iran's 'diabolical regime' is rebuilding nuclear sites right under everyone's noses, ex-general warns

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