Iran-USA/Kolang Mountain
Iran-USA/Kolang Mountain
Dateline : July 22, 2026/File
Location : Iran
Duration : 1'18
Beijing, China - July 23, 2026 (CCTV Video News Agency - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Screenshot of Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei's social media post
FILE: Tehran, Iran - Jan 25, 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland/Israel Media/Al-Arabiya/Persian language TV Stations outside Iran. Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International/Radio Farda)
2. Various of exterior, interior of Iranian Foreign Ministry building
FILE: Tehran, Iran - Jan 25, 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland/Israel Media/Al-Arabiya/Persian language TV Stations outside Iran. Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International/Radio Farda)
3. Buildings, Iranian national flag, traffic
FILE: Tehran, Iran - May-June 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland/Israel Media/Al-Arabiya/Persian language TV Stations outside Iran. Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International/Radio Farda)
4. Various of Iranian national flags, traffic
FILE: Tehran, Iran - May 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland/Israel Media/Al-Arabiya/Persian language TV Stations outside Iran. Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International/Radio Farda)
5. Various of buildings, trees, traffic
FILE: Washington D.C., USA - October 2024 (CCTV Video News Agency - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Various of White House
7. Various of Capitol building; U.S. national flag
FILE: Washington D.C., USA - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. White House
Iran on Wednesday denied the existence of a secret nuclear complex at Kolang Kouh, also known as Pickaxe Mountain, after U.S. President Donald Trump's threat on Tuesday that U.S. forces would "pretty soon" strike the site in Isfahan province.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said on social media that "Iran's nuclear activities have been fully declared to the IAEA in accordance with its safeguards obligations," and condemned Washington's "obsessive focus on Kolang Kouh" as "a fabricated pretext for aggression, destruction, and sabotage."
"The repeated U.S. attacks and threats against Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities not only constitute a flagrant violation of the core principles of the UN Charter, international law, and the relevant resolutions of the IAEA Board of Governors, General Conference, and UN Security Council, but also reveal the United States' deep-rooted enmity toward Iran's scientific progress and technological development," said Baqaei in the post.
Baqaei on Thursday slammed the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for keeping silent over the threat made by U.S. President Donald Trump, stressing that Iran stands ready to "confront with full strength any act of U.S. hostility or violation of their country's sovereignty and national security."
During a meeting with visiting Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the White House on Tuesday, Trump told reporters that the United States will "pretty soon, and very heavily" strike on Pickaxe Mountain's nuclear facility.
ID : 8490805
Published : 2026-07-23 11:20
Last Modified : 2026-07-23 18:26:21
Source : CCTV Video News Agency,China Central Television (CCTV),China Global Television Network (CGTN)
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