Iran distributes iodine tablets to residents near nuclear facilities, report says

Iranian health officials are distributing iodine tablets to communities near its nuclear facilities as it prepares for the possibility of US strikes, The Times of London reports. “Yes, we are distributing iodine,” an official told the newspaper. “Trump can no longer be trusted. He may go through with this crime.” The official said that during every war Iran had tried to distribute the tablets within a radius of two to three kilometres (1.2 to 1.9 miles) of nuclear facilities. Iodine tablets are used to protect the thyroid gland from radiation. Citing an Iranian political journalist, the report said that officials had been told at a recent briefing that a US nuclear strike on the heavily fortified Pickaxe Mountain site, which Trump has repeatedly threatened to target, was being seriously considered.