Every major problem in Middle East caused by Iran's radical Shia clerics, Rubio says

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Iran's Shia clerics were behind every major problem in the Middle East on Friday, while discussing the urgency behind the US-Israeli war on Iran. "Everywhere you turn, there's one common denominator: the Shia clerics of Iran and their expansionist mentality," Rubio said. According to Rubio, what makes Iran such a danger is the "revolutionary nature" of the regime. "The country is led by a religious Shia clerical class," Rubio said, describing the clerics as radicals who saw their job as to "export the revolution" as opposed to governing the country. "They could care less what Iran's economy looks like. These people are revolutionaries."Iran's creation and backing of Hezbollah, support of militias in Iraq, the support of the Houthis in Yemen, as well as their involvement in the Syrian civil war are all a part of Iran's expansionism, according to Rubio. "This is an extraordinary historic danger and one that cannot be ignored because I know we think it's half a world away, but nothing is half a world away anymore. Nothing is," Rubio said. Rubio also stated that if Iran wanted nuclear energy, they could have had it. While Iran has denied intentions of building a nuclear weapon, Rubio said, "They built missiles for nuclear weapons.