Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashes with CBS host over Iranian nuclear ambitions

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CBS Host Margaret Brennan sparred implicit whether U.S. quality had recovered that Iran had ordered the improvement of a atomic weapon, with Rubio dismissing Brennan’s question arsenic "irrelevant."

Brennan asked Rubio if the United States saw "intelligence that the Supreme Leader had ordered weaponization" of uraniam connected Face the Nation Sunday. Rubio, who besides serves arsenic National Security Advisor, changeable backmost astatine the CBS host, saying that whether Iran’s ultimate person ordered weaponization didn’t matter, the authorities was already pursing a atomic weapon. 

"That’s irrelevant. I spot that question being asked successful the media each the time. That’s an irrelevant question. They person everything they request to physique a weapon," Rubio said.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended President Trump's Iran strikes connected "Face the Nation" successful a testy speech with big Margaret Brennan.  (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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The CBS big countered that whether weaponization was ordered was the "key point" successful U.S. quality assessments. Rubio denied that was the case, and claimed that helium knew the taxable "better" than Brennan. 

"Why would you hide things successful a mountain, 300 feet nether the ground? Why would they person 60% enriched uranium? You don't request 60% enriched uranium. The lone countries successful the satellite that person uranium astatine 60% are countries that person atomic weapons, due to the fact that it tin rapidly marque it 90. They person each the elements. Why bash they person a abstraction program? Is Iran going to spell to the moon? No. They're trying to physique an ICBM truthful they tin 1 time enactment a warhead connected it," Rubio responded.

Brennan cited Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s March legislature grounds that Iran had not ordered the operation of a atomic weapon. The "Face the Nation" big asked Rubio if the U.S. quality assemblage had learned thing caller since Gabbard’s testimony. Rubio accused Brennan of not presenting the appraisal accurately.

"Face The Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan asked Rubio if the U.S. had quality that Iran had ordered the operation of a atomic weapon.  (Screenshot/CBS News)

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"That's an inaccurate practice of it. That's not however quality is read. That's present however quality is used," Rubio said. 

Rubio went connected to authorities that the International Atomic Energy Agency precocious recovered Iran was not successful compliance with its atomic nonproliferation obligations. The IAEA report recovered that Iran could not relationship for however traces of uranium were recovered astatine undeclared atomic sites. 

"The Board of Governors... finds that Iran's galore failures to uphold its obligations since 2019 to supply the Agency with afloat and timely practice regarding undeclared atomic worldly and activities astatine aggregate undeclared locations in Iran ... constitutes non-compliance with its obligations under its Safeguards Agreement with the Agency," the study said.

Rubio claimed the quality was wide Iran was pursuing atomic weapons.  (Maxar Technologies/AP)

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"They person the transportation mechanisms, they person the enrichment capability, they person the highly enriched uranium that is stored. That's each we request to see. Especially successful the hands of a authorities that's already progressive successful coercion and proxies and each kinds of things around. They are the root of each instability successful the Middle East," Rubio said.