Rubio: US Would ‘Love’ Iranians to Topple Govt But Not War Objective

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced support Monday for toppling Iran’s Islamic authorities but said it was not the objective of the US and Israeli war against Tehran.

“We hope that the Iranian people can overthrow this government and establish a new future for that country. We would love for that to be possible,” Rubio told reporters.

“But the objective of this mission is the destruction of their ballistic missile capabilities and of their naval capabilities,” he said.

Rubio added that the United States would not “deliberately” target a school, after Iran said 168 people died in an alleged US-Israeli strike.

“The United States would not deliberately target a school. Our objectives are missiles, both the ability to manufacture them and the ability to launch them,” Rubio said, adding that the Pentagon was investigating the alleged incident.