US Secretary of State Marco Rubio signalled a big breakthrough in the Iran war saying that there is a possibility of "good news" for the world in respect to the US-Iran peace deal. Rubio made this significant announcement while addressing a joint press conference after delegation-level bilateral discussions in Delhi. He is currently on a four-day India tour.
"On the Iran situation, there'll be, I believe, maybe more news coming out a little bit later today on this topic, and I'll leave it to the President to make further announcements on it. Suffice it to say that some progress has been made, significant progress, although not final progress has been made," Marco Rubio said.
Rubio said fresh progress has been made on efforts to keep the Strait of Hormuz open while reiterating that Iran must never acquire nuclear weapons.
"I remind everybody that the ultimate goal is that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. Iran can never possess a nuclear weapon... The Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway, and what they are doing now is basically they are threatening to destroy commercial vessels using an international waterway that is illegal under any concept of international law... Some progress over the last 48 hours working with our partners in the Gulf region on an outline that could ultimately, if it succeeds, leave us not just with a completely open Strait of Hormuz, and I mean open Strait without tolls," he added.
Trump Claims Iran Deal 'Largely Negotiated'
On Saturday, US President Donald Trump said that a "largely negotiated" memorandum of understanding on an Iran peace deal would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, although the Iranian Fars news agency disputed that claim.
Trump posted on social media that the emerging agreement would reopen the strait, the vital shipping passage whose closure upended global energy markets after the conflict started in February when the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran. He did not say what else would be included in an agreement.
“Final aspects and details of the Deal are currently being discussed, and will be announced shortly,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
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