REPLAY: US Secretary of State Rubio Holds Press Conference After G7 Meeting
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States does not currently need major combat operations against Iran because sanctions and a naval blockade are severely damaging Iran’s economy.
- Rubio said the Treasury Department and intelligence agencies were closing sanctions loopholes, and Iran’s remaining oil revenue would nearly disappear once its existing supplies ran out.
- Rubio said the United States remained open to a negotiated agreement, but called Iran’s demands, including financial compensation or reparations, unreasonable.
- Rubio said the United States would respond if Iran launched new attacks and rejected an Iranian role in determining Lebanon’s future.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that a large-scale military operation against Iran is not immediately necessary. This assessment is based on the view that economic pressure alone is dealing a significant blow to Iran. According to AFP and Bloomberg on the 10th (local time), Secretary Rubio told reporters at the G7 Foreign Ministers' meeting in Paris, France, that “economic operations against Iran are having a very destructive effect.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says no major combat operations needed in Iran
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says no major combat operations are needed in Iran, backing President Donald Trump’s assertion that the US-Israeli war on Iran is effectively over.Speaking at the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Paris, Rubio said economic pressure on Iran is working.
Rubio: Military operations in Iran unnecessary
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that the Trump administration’s economic pressure campaign against Iran has proved so effective that renewed major military operations are unnecessary for now, signaling a continued focus on sanctions enforcement and the naval blockade while asserting that the U.S. remained ready to act if needed. Speaking to reporters on...
(London=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Ji-yeon = U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on the 10th (local time) that a large-scale military operation against Iran is not necessary at this time...
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