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Iran/Rubio: They are working to build missiles that will soon reach the US

2026-02-25 09:10:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Iran/Rubio: They are working to build missiles that will soon reach the US

Marco Rubio held a rare briefing to top US lawmakers on Iran, just hours before Donald Trump used his State of the Union address to say Tehran would never be allowed to develop nuclear weapons.

Amid the largest deployment of aircraft and warships to the Middle East since the run-up to the Iraq war in 2003, Trump said he wanted to resolve the confrontation with Iran through diplomatic means, while claiming that Tehran was seeking to develop ballistic missiles that could reach the US, without providing further details.

"They have already developed missiles that can threaten Europe and our bases overseas. And they are working to build missiles that will soon reach the United States of America. We are in negotiations with them. They want to make a deal. But we have not heard those secret words: we will never have a nuclear weapon," Rubio said.

Rubio, the US secretary of state, held a classified briefing for the so-called Gang of Eight, which includes senior lawmakers from both parties in the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as the chairs and senior members of the House and Senate intelligence committees.

The select group is briefed by the White House on classified intelligence matters, which could include preparations for major military actions. Rubio last publicly briefed the group on Jan. 5, the day after the U.S. launched its successful operation to capture Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro.

The developments came as a second US aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, the largest ship of its kind in the world, arrived in the region. Analysts have said the US is now in a position to launch an attack on Iran if Donald Trump orders one./ CNA, translated by BBC





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