Jun 25, 2025 01:30 PM IST

Rubio’s feedback come after a number of media stories mentioned the US strikes on Iranian nuclear amenities set again Tehran’s program by solely a matter of months. 

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio informed Politico on Wednesday that Iran was “much further away from a nuclear weapon” following a U.S. strike on Tehran’s three foremost nuclear websites over the weekend.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has claimed that Iran is now ‘a lot farther away’ from constructing a nuclear weapon as a result of strikes by the US(REUTERS)

Rubio’s feedback come after Reuters and others reported Tuesday that these U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear amenities set again Tehran’s program by solely a matter of months, citing a preliminary U.S. intelligence evaluation by sources.

Both Trump and the White House rejected the evaluation.

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The president reiterated on his Truth Social account that the Iranian nuclear websites have been utterly destroyed, whereas the White House pointed Reuters to an announcement by spokesperson Karoline Leavitt to CNN, which first reported the evaluation, that the “alleged” conclusion was “flat-out wrong.”

“The bottom line is, they are much further away from a nuclear weapon today than they were before the president took this bold action,” Rubio informed Politico on the sidelines of the NATO summit.

“That’s an important factor to know — vital, very vital, substantial injury was completed to quite a lot of totally different elements, and we’re simply studying extra about it,” Rubio added, referring to the injury completed to the Iranian nuclear websites.

Rubio dismissed the media stories as “false” and mentioned they didn’t seize the complete image, in line with Politico.

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A ceasefire brokered by Trump between Iran and Israel gave the impression to be holding on Wednesday, a day after each international locations signalled that their air warfare had ended.

Israel launched the shock air warfare on June 13, attacking Iranian nuclear amenities and killing high navy commanders. Iran, which denies making an attempt to construct nuclear weapons, retaliated with barrages of missiles on Israeli navy websites and cities.