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J. D. Vance: “We have them in an economic chokehold right now that we're…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Vice President JD Vance Briefs Members of the Media, Jun. 18, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 08:29

You're talking about billions and billions of nuclear infrastructure that the United States destroyed. In order for them to rebuild that program. They would have to get a lot of money. And We have them in an economic chokehold right now that we're not going to release until they fundamentally change their behavior. What would that look like? That would mean a real inspections regime, that would mean a real enforcement regime as the MOU contemplates. That would mean the destruction of their enriched stockpile. (08:29–08:35)

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Asserts that the U.S. has Iran in an economic chokehold that will not be released until Iran changes its behavior.

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