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regarding the country’s nuclear capabilities. Trump has maintained that Iran could never have a nuclear weapon. Rubio echoed this sentiment on Thursday in his interview with Hannity, explicitly mentioning the country’s governing regime.
As low-level Ukraine-Russia talks begin in Istanbul, Trump says ‘nothing’s gonna happen’ until ‘gets together’ with PutinPutin is a no-show in Turkey for peace talks, but Trump says he hopes Russia and Ukraine can 'do something'. “The Iranian people are a peaceful people, an ancient civilization, and culture we admire greatly. Our problem is with a clerical regime that is behind every problem in the region: Hizballah, Hamas, the Houthis, the militias that have conducted attacks out of Iraq and Syria. They all — it — they all track back to the Iranian regime.”“A regime like that can never have nuclear weapons, and the president has made clear they will not have a nuclear weapon,” Rubio said. Rubio explained why he felt Trump and Iran could work out a deal. He emphasized that the president wants Iran to become prosperous and flourish. However, he said, ultimately, it’s up to Iran’s leader. “But in the end, the decision lies in the hands of one person, and that’s the supreme leader in Iran,” Rubio said. “And I hope he chooses the path of peace and prosperity, not a destructive path. And we’ll see how that plays out.” Despite the optimism, Rubio continued to warn of the dangers that could come with Iran becoming a nuclear power. He said it’s a reality that is not too far off, specifically highlighting several reports that revealed Iran is at a 60% enrichment level, which essentially means it is at the “threshold of a nuclear weapon.” Rubio explained the specifics to Hannity and stressed the valid concerns about the reality of Iran’s nuclear capabilities. “Look, when you say 60, it’s misleading when people hear that number because they think 60% enrichment and 90% is what you need for a weapon,” Rubio explained. “Actually, 90% of the work it takes to get to weapons-grade enrichment is getting to 60.” “Once you’re at 60, you’re 90% of the way there,” he added. “You are, in essence, a threshold nuclear weapon state, which is what Iran basically has become. They are at the threshold of a nuclear weapon. If they decided to do so, they could do so very quickly. If they stockpile enough of that 60% enriched, they could very quickly turn it into 90 and weaponize it.” He also explained the trepidation associated with this real possibility, which is an impetus for wanting to reach a fair and legitimate deal quickly with Iran. “That’s the danger we face right now,” Rubio warned. “That’s the urgency here. That’s why Israel feels urgency about it, and that’s why we feel urgency about it, but not just us. Throughout the Gulf region, no country in the region wants Iran to have a nuclear weapon.” “And you also talk about not just a weapon; they have long-range missiles that they can deliver that weapon, those weapons, through,” he. “So this is a very grave risk. And they are enriching at that level, and they are openly doing it, by the way. In fact, their congress, for their legislative branch, actually passed a law requiring them to enrich at a certain level because the JCPOA, the Obama deal with Iran, was canceled.”Rubio reiterated his desire for the Iranians to negotiate their nuclear ambitions fairly and honestly, classifying it as urgent. “The President has made it a priority,” Rubio said. “And now people understand the urgency here because they are fairly close, too close for comfort, to a nuclear weapon.” “We have to roll that back one way or another,” he added. “We hope it’s peacefully and through the process of negotiation.”
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