"In 10 minutes": Trump says one or two Iranian sites are still in play
Trump singled out a suspected underground complex as Iran's supreme leader ordered a wider target list. No fresh US attack decision has been announced, and Qatar and Pakistan are still mediating.
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US President Donald Trump has named an Iranian site that could face attack, while Tehran threatened retaliation without geographic limits, raising the stakes for efforts to prevent renewed fighting.
Speaking to reporters on October 31, Trump said the United States still had "one or two sites" in Iran to address and could do so "in 10 minutes". He identified Pickaxe Mountain, a suspected underground nuclear complex where Iran's government denies nuclear work takes place.
Iran's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, ordered military commanders to update their target list to cover American and Israeli assets. Any level or type of threat, he said in a statement posted on his website, should meet an "immediate, impactful and geographically unrestricted response".
The exchange puts a specific potential US target alongside an Iranian threat to widen the battlefield. The US-Israeli war on Iran began in February and has driven up global energy prices. Iran has restricted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a route that normally carries around one-fifth of global oil consumption.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said earlier that Trump had not decided whether to launch fresh strikes. No new attack order or operational timetable has been announced, and Tehran's statements do not establish that it has begun a new response.
