Rubio says no need for major US strikes on Iran

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said US sanctions and a naval blockade are increasing economic pressure on Iran, and argued that major US strikes are unnecessary. He said Washington remains open to an agreement, while criticizing Tehran's conditions as unreasonable.

PARIS: 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".