Vice President JD Vance speaks with American Compass founder Oren Cass at the American Compass' New World Gala in Washington, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
"Over the last few months, he encouraged his foreign policy team to reach a deal with the Iranians to accomplish this goal. The president has made clear that Iran cannot have uranium enrichment. And he said repeatedly that this would happen one of two ways--the easy way or the ‘other’ way."
The vice president said he saw "a lot of confusion" online over the issue of "civilian nuclear power" and "uranium enrichment."
"These are distinct issues. Iran could have civilian nuclear power without enrichment, but Iran rejected that," Vance said. "Meanwhile, they've enriched uranium far above the level necessary for any civilian purpose. They've been found in violation of their non-proliferation obligations by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is hardly a rightwing organization.
"It's one thing to want civilian nuclear energy. It's another thing to demand sophisticated enrichment capacity. And it's still another to cling to enrichment while simultaneously violating basic non-proliferation obligations and enriching right to the point of weapons-grade uranium."
Israeli security forces inspect a site hit by a missile launched from Iran in central Israel Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
The United States has been surging assets to the Middle East and reportedly helped Israel block Iranian counter-strikes.
Trump left the G7 summit in Canada early Monday to head back to Washington, D.C., for a Situation Room meeting on Iran Tuesday afternoon.
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"We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding," Trump wrote earlier Tuesday in a social media post. "He is an easy target, but is safe there - We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now. But we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
Trump said Tuesday that the United States and Israel have "complete and total control of the skies over Iran."
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