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Secretary of State Marco Rubio Remarks to the Press

Published July 23, 2026 | Video Starts at 22:19

You're not in Iran, you're not in the street. They don't have a free media, but they're going to continue to pay a very heavy price. Their industrial base has been decimated. Their defense industrial base has been decimated. They're losing launchers, they're losing radars every single night. They are suffering billions of dollars in damage and their economy is a disaster. (22:19–22:24)

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Asserts that Iran's industrial and defense industrial bases have been decimated.

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