Rubio: No Diplomatic Exchange With Iran Going on Right Now
More attacks on Iran are still ahead, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday.
“I’m not going to give away the details of our tactical efforts, but the hardest hits are yet to come from the U.S. military,” Rubio told reporters before briefing senior members of Congress on the conflict.
“The next phase will be even more punishing on Iran than it is right now.”
There are no diplomatic talks with Iran at the moment, according to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
“We always have people that reach out from inside of governments,” he said. “You don’t know if they’re authorized to reach out or not. They’re suffering a tremendous amount of damage.”
Rubio made the remarks ahead of a Gang of Eight briefing Monday.
President Donald Trump told The Atlantic on Sunday that he would be interested in talking with the new Iranian leadership.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters before his Gang of Eight briefing on Monday that the Trump administration’s objectives in this war are to destroy Iran’s ballistic missile infrastructure, including its missile manufacturing and launch capabilities.
He said these objectives can be achieved without American boots on the ground in Iran.
“Right now, we’re not postured for ground forces, but obviously, the president has those options,” Rubio said. “He’s never going to rule out anything.”
Trump told the New York Post in a brief phone interview on Monday that he hasn’t ruled out sending U.S. service members to Iran if “they were necessary.”
