Rubio is optimistic on eventual Iran nuclear talks despite congressional skepticism
Rubio said Iran has agreed to discuss nuclear issues it previously refused to raise, but he warned the talks could still fail.
- On Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expressing confidence that nuclear negotiations with Iran could resume and produce an agreement within days despite Tehran's recent pause in contacts.
- Iranian state media reported Monday that Tehran suspended contacts with Washington following Israel's military operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah, with renewed fighting between Israeli forces and the militia emerging Tuesday.
- Iran has agreed for the first time to negotiate nuclear program aspects it previously refused to discuss, though divisions within Iran's leadership and new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei's involvement through written communications and intermediaries have slowed progress.
- President Donald Trump contradicted Iranian reports, insisting negotiations were continuing to move forward, while Democrats including Senator Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, criticized the administration's approach, alleging Netanyahu has been waiting 40 years for this military action.
- Rubio will testify Wednesday before the House Foreign Affairs Committee after appearing Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, while the administration holds up a potential $14 billion Taiwan arms sale despite defending $11 billion in December sales.
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The US president says progress has been made in the Iran talks. The parties will continue to discuss the disputed issues.
Trump Did Not Halt U.S.-Iran Negotiations; Talks Continue Today. U.S. President Donald Trump stated on the 2nd (local time) that recent reports claiming talks regarding the end-of-war negotiations between the U.S. and Iran have been suspended are fake news, asserting that negotiations are continuing. On this day, President Trump [posted] on the social networking service TruthSocial...
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Independent EspañolWASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he is optimistic about the possibility of resuming nuclear talks with Iran, despite the fact that a fragile ceasefire in the war seems to be increasingly...
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