WORLD_ Rubio Says Iran Can Have a Civilian Nuclear Program but Must Give Up Uranium Enrichment

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Rubio Says Iran Can Have a Civilian Nuclear Program but Must Give Up Uranium Enrichment

Trump hopes to avoid war with Iran, the secretary of state said, but is determined to prevent Tehran from getting nuclear weapons.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives for meetings with France's Minister for Foreign Affairs at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, on April 17, 2025. Julien de Rosa/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

By Tom Ozimek
4/23/2025 Updated: 4/23/2025


Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on April 23 that President Donald Trump remains committed to preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, but would prefer to do so through diplomacy rather than military action.

Speaking in an interview with The Free Press, Rubio said the United States is willing to support Iran’s right to a civilian nuclear energy program, so long as it gives up domestic uranium enrichment—a process that can be used to produce weapons-grade material.

“If Iran wants a civil nuclear program, they can have one, just like many other countries in the world have one, meaning they can import enriched material,” Rubio said. “But if they insist on enriching uranium themselves, then they will be the only country in the world that ‘doesn’t have a weapons program’ but is enriching. I think that’s problematic.”

Rubio said that the United States is not seeking armed conflict with Tehran but that Trump “reserves every right” to act militarily if diplomacy fails.

“We do not want to see war. This is not a president that campaigned on starting wars,“ Rubio said. ”And as he said very clearly, Iran is not going to have a nuclear weapon and he reserves every right to prevent that from happening, but he would prefer it not happen. He would prefer that there not be a need to resort to military force.”

Iranian officials have shown a willingness to talk, Rubio said, adding that the United States is going to give a peaceful resolution “every opportunity to succeed.”

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