Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns that the U.S. faces a critical moment when Iran's efforts to contain the Islamic Republic Develop nuclear weapons and limit its uranium enrichment.
Rubio said in an interview on Thursday on Thursday that in the case of rising global threats, all NATO members will achieve the goal of reaching 5% of the Ministry of Defense at the next 2025 NATO summit in June, amid rising global threats.
Since President Donald Trump took office to resolve Tehran's nuclear program, U.S. and Iranian officials have held four rounds of talks primarily in Oman.
File - This photo was released on November 5, 2019, and the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization shows centrifuge machines at the Iranian Natanz uranium enrichment facility. (Iran's Atomic Energy Organization through AP, document) (Iran's Atomic Energy Organization through AP, document)
The International Atomic Energy Agency, commonly known as UN nuclear oversight aircraftIn a March report, Iran's reserves of 60% enriched uranium grew shockingly from 182 kg to 275 kg. About 401 pounds At the beginning of 2025, to 606 pounds.
"Once you're 60, you can be 90% there. Essentially, you're a threshold nuclear weapon state, which is basically Iran," Rubio said in an interview in Turkey.
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"They are at the threshold of nuclear weapons. If they decide to do this, they can do it very quickly. If they store enough in 60% of the 60% richness, they can quickly turn it into 90 and weaponize it. That's the danger we are facing now. That's the urgency here."
He added: "They are quite close. Too close to comfortably To nuclear weapons. ”
Trump told Qatar's reporters that the United States is reaching a nuclear deal with Iran.
"Iran has agreed to these terms," he said, adding that Middle Eastern countries can never have nuclear weapons.
The New York Times reported on Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Aragic His country will never give up on its civilian nuclear power rights, said at a bookkeeping ceremony in Tehran on Thursday. "None of our nuclear abundance facilities will be removed," he said.
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Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei spoke to the media in the parliamentary elections in Tehran, Iran on May 10, 2024. (Photo taken by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The White House announced in February that it would conduct "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran to curb Its nuclear programthe development of international ballistic missiles and support for regional agents trying to harm Americans.
Rubio told Fox News host Sean Hannity that Trump wants Iran to be a peaceful and prosperous country.
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"In the end, this decision is in the hands of one man, that is the supreme leader of Iran, and I hope he chooses the path of peace and prosperity, not a destructive path, and we will see how it works," he said.