Removing the Iranian regime would be “even more complex” than U.S. efforts to overthrow Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, the secretary of state told senators.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told a Senate panel on Wednesday that Iran is “weaker than it has ever been,” as the United States moves additional military forces into the region for a potential confrontation with the Islamic Republic.
Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio compared the situation in Iran to U.S. forces removing Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro earlier in the month.
“I don’t think anyone can give you a simple answer as to what happens next in Iran if the supreme leader and the regime were to fall, other than the hope that there would be some ability to have somebody within their system that you could work towards a similar transition,” Rubio told the senators.
