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Marco Rubio: “We want to have an agreement with [Iran], a diplomatic…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Marco Rubio Discusses US-Iran Tensions and Operation Midnight Hammer

Published | Video Starts at 14:31

You know, they can go meet and you know, the Russians, at the end of the day, I mean, they buy drones from them. But look, this is very simple. We want to have an agreement with [Iran], a diplomatic agreement in which they have a civil nuclear program but are not enriching and don't have weapons grade material or weapons grade capabilities laying around. It's that simple. That's our interest here. Who they trade with, who they deal with. Those are other topics. Our objective here is very straightforward. They're not going to have a nuclear weapon. (14:31–14:42)

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Asserts the U.S. seeks a diplomatic agreement with Iran to prevent nuclear weapon capabilities.

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