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Monday, June 23, 2025
Vance says Iran can no longer build nuclear weapon
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
US Vice President JD Vance says Iran is no longer able to build a nuclear weapon after Sunday’s strike against the Islamic Republic’s nuclear sites.
“Iran was very close to having a nuclear weapon… Now Iran is incapable of building a nuclear weapon with the equipment they have because we destroyed it,” Vance tells Fox News in an interview.
Vance says the next six hours will see Israel and Iran finalizing their strikes against one another.
“Tomorrow really is a new day — the end of the 12-day war, the end of the Iranian nuclear program, and I really do believe the beginning of something very big for peace in the Middle East,” Vance says.
With Iran’s nuclear program “obliterated” the US hopes that Tehran will not try to rebuild it, Vance says.
The US now seeks to “build a long-term settlement… where you can have peace in the region,” Vance adds.
If Iran wants to build nuclear weapons in the future, it will have to deal with the US military again, he warns.
The Times of Israel Community.