Rubio declares Iran ‘probably weaker than it has ever been’


Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed Wednesday that Iran is “probably weaker than it has ever been,” with its economy is in freefall.

“The core problem they face,” Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, “unlike the protests you saw in the past on some other topics, is that they don’t have a way to address the core complaints of the protesters, which is that their economy is in collapse.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to examine US policy towards Venezuela on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 28, 2026.
“The reason why their economy is in collapse is because they spend all their money and all their resources building weapons and sponsoring terrorist groups around the world,” Rubio said about Iran. AFP via Getty Images

Dozens of bodies in body bags at the Forensic Diagnostic and Laboratory Center of Tehran Province.
Dozens of bodies in body bags at the Forensic Diagnostic and Laboratory Center of Tehran Province. UGC/AFP via Getty Images

“The reason why their economy is in collapse is because they spend all their money and all their resources building weapons and sponsoring terrorist groups around the world, instead of reinvesting it back into their society — and as a result of taking on massive global sanctions, which has isolated their economy and their country.

“And so that’s what the Iranian people are demanding, is that they stop doing that and start caring about them, and get these sanctions off them, and this regime is unwilling to do it.”


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