Marco Rubio warns Iran 'at the threshold' of nuclear weapon capability as US-Iran talks continue

Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that the United States faces a critical moment with Iran to curb the Islamic Republic s efforts to develop a nuclear weapon and limit its uranium enrichment In an interview Thursday on Hannity Rubio stated that all NATO members will have agreed on a goal of reaching of GDP on defense over the next decade by the NATO Summit in June amid rising global threats U S and Iranian bureaucrats have held four rounds of talks primarily in Oman since President Donald Trump took office to address Tehran s nuclear venture The International Atomic Strength Agency often referred to as the United Nations' nuclear watchdog noted in a March review that Iran s stockpile of enriched uranium had alarmingly grown from kg to kg approximately pounds to pounds in early Once you're at you're of the way there You are in essence a threshold nuclear weapons state which is what Iran basically has become Rubio declared in an interview from Turkey IRAN VASTLY INCREASED NUCLEAR FUEL STOCKPILE AHEAD OF TRUMP RETURN UN AGENCY FINDS They are at the threshold of a nuclear weapon If they decided to do so they could do so very expeditiously If they stockpile enough of that percent enriched they could very speedily turn it into and weaponize it That's the danger we face right now That's the urgency here He added They are fairly close Too close for comfort to a nuclear weapon Trump advised reporters in Qatar that the United States was getting close to a nuclear deal with Iran Iran has sort of agreed to the terms he commented adding that the Middle Eastern nation can never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon The New York Times published that Iran s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared on Thursday at a book-signing ceremony in Tehran that his country would never give up its right to civilian nuclear resource None of our nuclear enrichment facilities will be dismantled he mentioned according to the outlet IRAN HIDING MISSILE DRONE PROGRAMS UNDER GUISE OF COMMERCIAL FRONT TO EVADE SANCTIONSThe White House declared in February that it would engage in a maximum pressure campaign against Iran in an effort to curb its nuclear initiative international ballistic missile enhancement and patronage for regional proxies that seek to harm Americans Rubio stated Fox News host Sean Hannity that Trump wants Iran to be a peaceful and prosperous country In the end the decision lies in the hands of one person and that's the supreme leader in Iran and I hope he chooses the path of peace and prosperity not a destructive path and we'll see how that plays out he revealed