Vice President JD Vance says the US has “in some ways decisively won” the war on Iran and has destroyed the country’s nuclear programme, Al Jazeera reports.
He told a town hall hosted by CBS News that the US was now focused on ensuring that Iran makes a “long-term” and “verifiable commitment” not to rebuild its nuclear programme.
“Not over the administration of Donald Trump … but five years from now, could the Iranians rebuild that nuclear arsenal? Could they try to rebuild that enrichment capacity?” he asked.
Iran has long denied seeking nuclear weapons and insists on its right to a civilian nuclear programme, including for power generation and medical research.
