Vance defends Trump’s strike to block Iran’s nuclear ambitions

US Vice President JD Vance defended President Donald Trump’s decision to launch Operation Epic Fury and the joint US-Israeli campaign against the Iranian regime.

Vance emphasised that the president acted to ensure Tehran would never develop nuclear weapons, according to the White House press office on X.

.@VP: "What @POTUS determined is he didn’t want to just keep the country safe from an Iranian nuclear weapon for the first 3, 4 years of his second term. He wanted to make sure that Iran could never have a nuclear weapon... he saw that the Iranian regime was weakened. He knew… pic.twitter.com/XFtWb1fu7i

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“The president determined is he didn’t want to just keep the country safe from an Iranian nuclear weapon for the first 3, 4 years of his second term. He wanted to make sure that Iran could never have a nuclear weapon... he saw that the Iranian regime was weakened. He knew that they were committed to getting on that brink of a nuclear weapon, and he decided to take action because he felt that was necessary in order to protect the nation's security,” Vance said.

By Jeyhun Aghazada