“Iran has American blood on their hands – this attack on Israel, 200 ballistic missiles,” Vice President Harris said. “What we need to do [is] to ensure that Iran never achieves the ability to be a nuclear power. That is one of my highest priorities.”
Iran fired a barrage of missiles at Israeli bases last week in an attack that it said was in retaliation for the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran as well as the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah alongside an Iranian general in Beirut.
Harris’s comments underscore the re-emergence of Iran top concern amid the war in Gaza.
Harris was asked whether she would use military force to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, but she said she would not discuss hypotheticals.
Iran denies seeking nuclear arms, but the country has been advancing its nuclear programme.
After Iran responded with its attack last week, US officials rushed to condemn it and pledge “severe consequences”.
Harris “unequivocally” denounced the Iranian missile launches. “I am clear-eyed: Iran is a destabilising, dangerous force in the Middle East, and today’s attack on Israel only further demonstrates that fact,” she said on October 1.
The vice president has repeatedly pledged to continue to arm Israel, citing in part what she calls the threat of Iran, despite growing anger over well-documented Israeli abuses in Gaza and Lebanon.
“Iran has American blood on their hands – this attack on Israel, 200 ballistic missiles,” Vice President Harris said. “What we need to do [is] to ensure that Iran never achieves the ability to be a nuclear power. That is one of my highest priorities.”
October 8, 2024
Al Jazeera News
Harris’s comments underscore the re-emergence of Iran top concern amid the war in Gaza.
Iran denies seeking nuclear arms, but the country has been advancing its nuclear programme.
Harris “unequivocally” denounced the Iranian missile launches. “I am clear-eyed: Iran is a destabilising, dangerous force in the Middle East, and today’s attack on Israel only further demonstrates that fact,” she said on October 1.