CNN’s Van Jones warned progressives to “get on board” with President Donald Trump’s position on Iran — namely that the Islamist state cannot be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon of any kind.

Jones, who served in former President Barack Obama’s administration as the Green Jobs Czar, spoke from his own experience visiting Israel and argued that the United States could not treat Iran as a “normal country” when it came to implementing foreign policy.

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🚨NEW: CNN’s Van Jones calls on “progressives” to “GET ON BOARD” with Trump’s stance that Iran *can’t* have nuclear weapon🚨

“I think progressives underestimate how dangerous Iran is. Iran is not a normal country. Normal countries don‘t blind women because they showed some hair.… pic.twitter.com/HFQloc2Gwg

— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) June 21, 2025

“I was also in the Holy Land very recently,” Jones said during a panel discussion that also included Republican commentator Scott Jennings — who just returned from Israel days earlier after spending more than a week in and out of bomb shelters after Iran lobbed barrage after barrage of missiles.

“I think progressives underestimate how dangerous Iran is,” Jones observed. “Iran is not a normal country. Normal countries don’t blind women because they showed some hair. They don’t empower little gangs and proxies to surround a country and fire rockets and rape people.”

“So Iran — two things are clear,” Jones declared. “The what — they cannot have a bomb. And the why — because they say death to America, death to Israel, and death to all the Jews. One of those should offend you if you’re progressives — at least one should offend you.”

“And so the question, though, is the who and the how,” he continued. “Is Israel going to take out this nuclear capacity by dropping people there who blow it up? Or is America going to take it out by dropping a bomb that blows it up? But the what and the why are clear, and I think progressives should get on board with that.”

“We cannot have a nuclear-armed Iran,” Jones insisted, again recounting his time in Israel. “This is a very dangerous power that cannot get a nuclear weapon.”

Left-wing activists on Friday allegedly tipped off an illegal alien, who’s a convicted child rapist, helping him escape from landing in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.

“This morning ICE & [FBI Denver] were attempting to arrest Jose Reyes Leon-Deras, a criminal alien from El Salvador who is convicted of and wanted for child rape in Italy,” ICE’s Denver field office posted to X. “During our surveillance of Leon, members of Colorado Rapid Response arrived on scene and alerted him to law enforcement’s presence which allowed him to escape arrest.”

Colorado Rapid Response is a far-Left anti-ICE organization that’s been responding to immigration raids. The group’s website says the organization is “committed to responding to raids, deportation, and any Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity happening across the state in our communities.”

The group has a hotline asking for tips from people who “witness ICE activity or if you want to document an experience with ICE.”

Documentation of ICE activity, the Colorado Rapid Response says, “monitors police/I.C.E. collaboration detects patterns that can guide our legislative efforts, and builds a robust statewide network of people resisting deportations in their communities.”

ICE Denver condemned the group and others like it, writing, “Groups like this interfere with ICE’s ability to keep communities safe. If you know his whereabouts, do not approach, if seen, instead report all info to ICE at 1-866-347-2423.”

to law enforcements presence which allowed him to escape arrest. Groups like this interfere with ICE’s ability to keep communities safe. If you know his whereabouts, do not approach, if seen, instead report all info to ICE at 1-866-347-2423 pic.twitter.com/fGrTnWc81C

— ICE Denver (@ERODenver) June 21, 2025

Protests and riots against ICE agents have popped up in liberal cities across the nation as President Donald Trump continues to fulfill his campaign promise to deport illegals, prioritizing immigrants who’ve committed serious crimes in addition to illegally crossing our border.

The Justice Department this past week announced it’s pursuing more charges against suspects accused in taking part in the violent anti-ICE riots, specifically those in California, The Daily Wire highlighted.

Related: AOC Dared Tom Homan To Come After Her For Helping Illegals. Here’s His Response.