The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said that for the United States, victory in the conflict with Iran would be to forever deprive the Islamic Republic of the financial, scientific and technical capabilities to create nuclear weapons. "I think the victory is to ensure that they never have a nuclear weapon of one kind or another. That means they don't have the money for them and they don't have the equipment to do them," he said in response to questions after a speech at the Federalist Society of America in Washington. "Right now, the economic damage we are doing to this regime is so great that there is no need for military action because we have weakened them so much," Rubio said. Rubio gave an unexpected assessment of the threat from North Korea Iranian authorities have repeatedly emphasized that they do not seek to create nuclear weapons. The US and Israel went to war with Iran on February 28.

The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said that for the United States, victory in the conflict with Iran would be to forever deprive the Islamic Republic of the financial, scientific and technical capabilities to create nuclear weapons. "I think the victory is to ensure that they never have a nuclear weapon of one kind or another. That means they don't have the money for them and they don't have the equipment to do them," he said in response to questions after a speech at the Federalist Society of America in Washington. "Right now, the economic damage we are doing to this regime is so great that there is no need for military action because we have weakened them so much," Rubio said. Rubio gave an unexpected assessment of the threat from North Korea Iranian authorities have repeatedly emphasized that they do not seek to create nuclear weapons. The US and Israel went to war with Iran on February 28.