'This Is A Terroristic Regime': Marco Rubio Doubles Down On US Attacks On Iran

Last Updated:March 09, 2026, 19:42 IST

Marco Rubio said Iran was ruled by a "terroristic regime" that was trying to hold the world hostage and attacking energy and civilian infrastructure in the Gulf countries.

US Secretary of State Marco on Monday reiterated that the goals of the US operation against Iran are to destroy Iran’s missile infrastructure and its navy and said Tehran was ruled by a “terroristic regime", while accusing it of holding the world hostage and attacking its neighbours.

“The goals of this mission are clear and it’s important to continue to remind the American people of why it is that the greatest military in the history of the world is engaged in this operation. It is to destroy the ability of this regime to launch missiles, both by destroying their missiles and launchers, destroying the factories that make these missiles, and destroying their navy," he said at an event at the State Department on Americans detained overseas.

He said the clerical regime in Iran poses a great danger to the region and the world, and accused them of attacking energy and civilian infrastructure in the neighbouring countries.

“This is a terrorist government. This is a terroristic regime and we are seeing them conduct terrorism using nation-state elements, using weapons like missiles and one-way attack drones, and the objective of this mission is to destroy their ability to continue to do that — and we are well on our way to achieving that objective every single day with overwhelming force, with overwhelming precision," he said.

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