# Mark Rutte: Europe, not the US, should have taken out Iran’s nuclear capability

https://mins.news/en/video/80452

- euronews, 2026-09-30 14:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50TbLAI09I

> NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Europe, rather than the United States, should have eliminated Iran’s nuclear capability, but added that it was good the Americans did so.

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