US Vice President JD Vance told Iran on Wednesday to take Washington’s threats of military action “seriously,” a day after President Donald Trump appeared to build the case for war in his State of the Union address.
Vance said that while Trump was going to try to get Iran to make a deal “diplomatically,” the US president also had the “right” to use military action.
“You can’t let the craziest and worst regime in the world have nuclear weapons,” Vance told “America’s Newsroom” on Fox News.
“The president has a number of other tools at his disposal to ensure this doesn’t happen,” said Vance. “He’s shown a willingness to use them and I hope the Iranians take it seriously in the negotiations (on Thursday) because that’s certainly what the president prefers.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that Iran must negotiate on its missile program, a day after President Donald Trump alleged Tehran was working on rockets that could hit the United States. (AFP)
