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Rubio hopeful for Iran deal, insists on nuclear curbs
Key takeaways
- “There is the prospect before us, which could happen today, it could happen tomorrow, it could happen next week,” Marco Rubio told a Congressional panel.
- Rubio insisted that Tehran must reopen the shipping channel for any peace agreement to take hold, while also agreeing to curb its nuclear activities in order to see sanctions lifted.
- “Iran is being sanctioned because they’ve highly enriched uranium, Iran is being sanctioned because of their nuclear activities,” Rubio said. “If they agree to give up those things, there will be sanctions relief.”
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday expressed hope that a deal to end the war in Iran was in the cards, stressing that Tehran must severely curtail its nuclear program before any sanctions are lifted.
“There is the prospect before us, which could happen today, it could happen tomorrow, it could happen next week,” Marco Rubio told a Congressional panel.
Rubio was testifying in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as the three-month US-Israeli war on Iran appears to have reached an impasse, with the closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz continuing to disrupt global energy markets.
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