Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday warned that if Iran is committed to building and obtaining nuclear weapons, "it would be the end of the regime."
During an appearance on Fox News's "Sunday Morning Futures," Rubio said the strikes "degraded" Iran's nuclear capabilities, but warned that if they are determined to become a nuclear weapons power, it would put "the regime at risk."
"Look, at the end of the day, if Iran is committed to becoming a nuclear weapons power, I do think it puts the regime at risk," he said. "I really do. I think it would be the end of the regime if they tried to do that."
He noted that the latest strikes are not the only reason Iran's nuclear capabilities are impacted.
"It's certainly been set back from a technical standpoint, not just due to what we did last night, but obviously the Israelis have done incredible work in advance as well," Rubio said.
Rubio also noted that the U.S. isn't against Iran using nuclear energy but against having nuclear weapons.
"If what they want is nuclear reactors, so they can have electricity, there are so many other countries in the world that do that, and they don't have to enrich their own uranium," he said.
"But if what they want is a secret program buried in the mountain where no one can see it and inspectors can only come when they say they can come...then they're going to have big problems, because this is a dangerous, violent, radical regime, not the Iranian people," he said.
He also asked whether Iran is aiming for a civil nuclear program, noting that other countries would likely get involved.
"And if what they want is some secret program that looks nothing like the civil nuclear programs around the world, that looks a lot like you're trying to build a bomb, they're going to continue to have problems, not just with us, but with many other countries in the world," he said.
The bombs targeted three Iranian nuclear sites in Natanz, Esfahan and Fordow, located inside a mountain. Six “bunker buster” bombs were reportedly dropped on Fordow, while more than two dozen Tomahawk missiles were launched at the other two sites.
The bombings mark a significant entrance by the U.S. in the Mideast war, which Israel launched with airstrikes against Iran on June 13.
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