House Speaker Mike Johnson told “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday that a report of Iran’s nuclear chief vowing to restart the country’s nuclear program is “madness.”
Iran’s nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said earlier today that the Islamic Republic is surveying damage to its nuclear industry and preparations are underway for its restoration, Reuters reported, citing the Iranian Mehr news agency.
“The plan is to prevent interruptions in the process of production and services,” Eslami was quoted as saying.
“It’s madness,” Johnson later told Fox News when asked about the report. “We are under no illusion that you can just kill all their nuclear ambition overnight, but I think reality has set in over there. We have decimated the upper echelon of their military command as well as their nuclear scientists. There is not much left for them to rebuild upon.
“But the idea that they would put out a statement like at this fragile moment is very frustrating. It goes to show you why Iran has always been an irrational actor,” Johnson added. “They are not to be trusted. But we have got to use force, this is what peace through strength really means. You have to forge the peace through the exercise of strength.”
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