Marco Rubio says ‘significant progress’ made in US-Iran talks to end war
Key takeaways
- Iranian news agency Tasnim says deal could see shipping levels through Strait of Hormuz return to pre-war levels within 30 days.
- “Some progress has been made, significant progress, although not final progress has been made,” Rubio told reporters in New Delhi.
- “I do think perhaps there is the possibility that in the next few hours the world will get some good news,” he said.
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Iranian news agency Tasnim says deal could see shipping levels through Strait of Hormuz return to pre-war levels within 30 days.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says at a news conference in New Delhi that Tehran does not spend money on building roads and improving the lives of its people but instead invests in Hezbollah and Hamas [Manan Vatsyayana/AFP]By Al Jazeera Staff and AFPPublished On 24 May 202624 May 2026United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio says “significant progress” has been made in talks to end the US-Israeli war on Iran, hours after President Donald Trump claimed that a memorandum of understanding to end the fighting was “largely negotiated”.
Rubio, who is on his first official visit to India, said on Sunday that the emerging deal would address Trump’s concerns about the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has largely blocked since the US and Israel launched their war on February 28.