U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio described Iran’s demands for reaching a settlement as “unacceptable,” saying some of them were “appalling,” and stressing that talks with Tehran have so far failed to produce meaningful results.
Rubio emphasized that the United States would respond to any Iranian threat targeting its forces or vessels, affirming that President Donald Trump is acting to defend American national interests abroad.
He added that Trump had chosen to confront what he described as the Iranian threat, even though he could have ignored it and left the responsibility of dealing with the issue to the next U.S. president, as previous American administrations had done, according to Rubio.
