副总统万斯周日表示，尽管美国昨晚袭击了伊朗的核设施，但美国没有与伊朗处于战争状态。
“不，我们不是在和伊朗打仗，乔恩。万斯对美国广播公司新闻节目《本周》的联合主持人乔纳森·卡尔说:“我们正与伊朗的核计划开战。”。"我认为总统昨晚采取了决定性的行动来摧毁这个项目."
当被问及他是否可以肯定地说伊朗的核计划现在已经被摧毁时，万斯说，美国已经“大幅度”阻止了伊朗的核计划
万斯说:“不管是几年还是更长时间，我们都知道，如果伊朗想制造核武器，那还需要很长时间。”。
在他的向全国发表讲话周六晚上，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)表示，袭击“完全彻底地摧毁了”伊朗的关键核浓缩设施。
当卡尔问及美国是否能肯定地说伊朗的核设施已经被摧毁时，万斯不能直接证实这一点，并重申伊朗的核计划已经“大大推迟”
万斯说:“我可以满怀信心地对美国人民说，与24小时前相比，他们现在离核计划更远了。”。“这就是任务的目标，摧毁福尔多核设施，当然，也对其他设施造成一些破坏。但我们非常有信心，福尔多核设施已经被大大推迟，这就是我们的目标。”
当被问及伊朗拥有的900磅高浓缩铀的下落时，万斯说，政府将在未来几周内就燃料问题采取行动，并将与伊朗人进行对话。
在讨论伊朗报复的可能性时，万斯断言，美国将以“压倒性的力量”予以回应
万斯说:“我认为，伊朗的最终反应是——球在他们的一边。”。“但如果你看看我们所做的，它非常精确，非常符合我们的目标。如果伊朗人决定扩大规模，那最终是他们的决定。和总统美国会以牙还牙。"
万斯说，特朗普对中东旷日持久的冲突不感兴趣。
“这不是我们要卷入的事情。我们参与的是一项非常有针对性的努力，旨在消除伊朗核计划。这将继续是美国外交政策的目标。这一目标将在未来几周和几个月内激励我们的行动。”
特朗普上周在他的社交媒体平台上发表了一篇针对伊朗最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊的帖子，写道他是一个“容易的目标”。
被问及美国是否针对哈梅内伊以及美国是否已经做出裁决试图改变政权万斯说，政权更迭不是特朗普政府的目标。
“首先，我们不想实现政权更迭。我们希望结束伊朗核计划。约拿这是美国的目标，也是总统让我们去做的事情。”
Vance: 'We're not at war with Iran, we're at war with Iran's nuclear program'
Vice President JD Vance said Sunday that despite the U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear sites last night, the U.S. is not at war with Iran.
"No, we're not at war with Iran, Jon. We're at war with Iran's nuclear program," Vance told ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl. "And I think the president took decisive action to destroy that program last night."
When asked if he could definitively say that Iran's nuclear program has now been destroyed, Vance said that the U.S. has set Iran's nuclear program back "substantially."
"Whether it's years or beyond that, we know it's going to be a very long time before Iran can even build a nuclear weapon if they want to," Vance said.
During hisaddress to the nationSaturday night, President Donald Trump said that the strikes "completely and totally obliterated" Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities.
Pressed by Karl if the U.S. could say definitively that Iran's nuclear facilities had been destroyed, Vance could not directly confirm that and reiterated that Iran's nuclear program had been "substantially set back."
"I can say to the American people with great confidence -- that they are much further away from the nuclear program today than they were 24 hours ago," Vance said. "That was the objective of the mission, to destroy that Fordo nuclear site and of course, do some damage to the other sites as well. But we feel very confident that the Fordo nuclear site was substantially set back, and that was our goal."
When asked about what happened to the 900 pounds of highly enriched uranium that Iran had, Vance said that the administration would work in the coming weeks to do something about the fuel and would have conversations with the Iranians.
Discussing the possibility of Iran retaliating, Vance asserted that the U.S. would respond with "overwhelming force."
"How Iran responds, I think, is ultimately -- the ball is in their court," Vance said. "But if you look at what we did, it was very precise, very narrowly tailored to our objective. And if the Iranians decide to expand this, then that's ultimately their decision. And the president of theUnited Stateswill respond in kind."
Vance said that Trump is not interested in a drawn-out conflict in the Middle East.
"That is not what we're getting ourselves involved in. What we're getting ourselves involved in is a very targeted effort to eliminate the Iranian nuclear program. That will continue to be the goal of American foreign policy. And it's that goal that is going to motivate our action in -- in the weeks and months to come."
In a post on his social media platform last week, Trump wrote a post directed at Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, writing that he was an "easy target."
Asked if the U.S. is targeting Khamenei and if the U.S. has ruledout trying to achieve regime change, Vance said that regime change was not an objective for the Trump administration.
"Well, first of all, we don't want to achieve regime change. We want to achieve the end of the Iranian nuclear program. Jon. That's America's objective, and that's what the president has set us out to do."
