Rubio: Iran ‘much further away’ from building nuclear weapon after US strikes

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio tells Politico that Iran is “much further away from a nuclear weapon” after a US strike on Iran’s three main nuclear sites over the weekend.

“The bottom line is, they are much further away from a nuclear weapon today than they were before the president took this bold action,” Rubio tells Politico.

“Significant, very significant, substantial damage was done to a variety of different components, and we’re just learning more about it,” he adds.

It was reported yesterday that a preliminary US intelligence assessment has determined that US strikes over the weekend on Iranian nuclear facilities have set back Tehran’s program by only a matter of months.

The US carried out the strikes after over a week of attacks by Israel on Iran’s nuclear and military sites.