Vice President JD Vance insisted Sunday that the United States is at war with Iran’s nuclear program, not the country, following Saturday’s attack.
President Donald Trump ordered strikes on three nuclear facilities in Iran on Saturday, sparking fears of U.S. involvement in another wide war in the Middle East.
“We’re not at war with Iran,” Vance told NBC News. “We’re at war with Iran’s nuclear program.”
The vice president said that in the hours since the attack, the administration had “received some indirect messages from the Iranians.”
The U.S. attack came after Israel earlier this month launched strikes targeting Iranian nuclear facilities. Iran launched retaliatory attacks against Israel, and the two countries have been exchanging air and missile attacks for nearly two weeks.
Vance noted that
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