🔶Rubio: Iran’s problem is radical Shiite clerics with an apocalyptic view of the future

Marko Rubio, the U.S. secretary of state, on the evening of Monday, the 6th of Mehr (28 September), in an interview with Fox News, while listing the risks of the Islamic Republic’s access to nuclear weapons, said: “If Iran had a nuclear weapon that it could use to threaten its neighbors and the world, nobody could have done anything about the Straits. They could have controlled the Straits, charged tolls, and decided who would have access to energy and who would not.”

In another part of his remarks, the U.S. secretary of state, referring to Iran’s government plan to acquire nuclear weapons, added: “What Iran wanted to do was to stockpile so much conventional weaponry—that is, so many drones, so many rockets, and so many missiles—that nobody could practically stop them. They would be safe. And behind that shield, that conventional shield of weapons that were used to threaten the entire region, our forces, and even Europe, then they would make a leap toward acquiring a nuclear weapon.”