North Carolina, March 13 -- US vice president JD Vance on Friday (local time) said that his country was engaged in a military operation, officially known as 'Operation Epic Fury', to ensure that Iran never acquires a nuclear weapon, while also urging Americans to pray for the troops deployed overseas.

While delivering remarks in Rocky Mount, Vance said the objective of the operation was to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

"You all know that right now we are engaged in a military operation to ensure, as the President has said repeatedly, that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon," Vance said.

He added that previous US presidents expressed similar concerns in the past, but said that Donald Trump had taken concrete steps to e...