Harris says Iran is America's 'greatest adversary,' as Mideast war weighs on U.S. priorities

• Vice President Kamala Harris said she considers Iran to be America's "greatest adversary," in a new interview on the CBS show "60 Minutes Overtime."
• The Democratic presidential nominee's choice of Iran, rather than Russia or China, underscores how much the Mideast war has shifted U.S. foreign policy priorities.
• Global financial markets fell on fears that Israel could respond to a recent Iranian missile attack by striking Iranian oil facilities, a move that President Joe Biden discouraged in a press conference Friday.

Vice President Kamala Harris said she considers Iran to be America's "greatest adversary," in a new interview on the CBS show "60 Minutes Overtime." The Democratic presidential nominee's choice of Iran, rather than Russia or China, underscores how much the Mideast war has shifted U.S. foreign policy priorities.

Speaking with "60 Minutes" correspondent Bill Whitaker, Harris was asked which nation she considers "to be our greatest adversary."

"I think there's an obvious one in mind, which is Iran," Harris replied. "Iran has American blood on their hands. This attack on Israel, 200 ballistic missiles."

"What we need to do to ensure that Iran never achieves the ability to be a nuclear power, that is one of my highest priorities," she added.

Whitaker followed up, asking, "If Iran is building a nuclear weapon, would you take military action?"

"I'm not going to talk about hypotheticals at this moment," said the vice president.

That Iran would be among America's primary adversaries is hardly a surprise. The Islamic Republic has been locked in an asymmetrical Cold War by proxy with the United States for more than 40 years.

But the fact that, for Harris, concerns about Iran appear to have eclipsed those about China,