Rubio says no need for major combat operations on Iran given US economic campaign

Rubio says no need for major combat operations on Iran given US economic campaign

​US ​Secretary of ‌State Marco Rubio ​on Tuesday said that ‌he told G7 allies that US economic sanctions and naval ‌blockade are working "so well" that President ‌Donald Trump does not have any need to conduct ⁠major combat ​operations ⁠in Iran.

Speaking to reporters in ⁠Paris, Rubio said the ​economic pain Washington has inflicted gets ⁠worse in time but that ⁠US ​was still open for a "real deal" to ⁠be done, but the conditions Tehran ⁠continued ⁠to place were "absurd".

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