Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Politico on Wednesday that Iran was “much further away from a nuclear weapon” following a US strike on Tehran’s three main nuclear sites over the weekend.
Rubio’s comments come after Reuters and others reported Tuesday that those US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities set back Tehran’s program by only a matter of months, citing a preliminary US intelligence assessment through sources.
Both Trump and the White House rejected the assessment.
A satellite photo of the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Facility in Iran after the US airstrike on June 24, 2025. via REUTERS The Natanz Enrichment Facility after US airstrikes on June 22, 2025. via REUTERS
The president reiterated on his Truth Social account that the Iranian nuclear sites were completely destroyed, while the White House pointed Reuters to a statement by spokesperson Karoline Leavitt to CNN, which first
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