{"id":500,"date":"2026-05-26T04:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T04:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=500"},"modified":"2026-05-26T04:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T04:38:14","slug":"rubio-says-iran-deal-could-take-days-as-us-launches-fresh-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=500","title":{"rendered":"Rubio says Iran deal could take days as US launches fresh strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday negotiating a deal with Iran could &#8220;take a few days,&#8221; quashing hopes for an imminent end to the conflict a day after U.S. forces conducted what Washington called defensive strikes in southern Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=498\">BOJ\u2019s Himino says Mideast developments will factor into rate decision<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Describing the strikes against targets including boats attempting to lay mines and missile launch sites, Rubio said the Strait of Hormuz has to be open &#8220;one way or the other.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The straits have to be open, they&#8217;re going to be open one way or the other, so they need to be open,&#8221; Rubio told reporters on his plane in India&#8217;s Jaipur.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Despite a ceasefire in place since early April, U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Monday it had carried out fresh strikes designed &#8220;to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Iran said on Monday it had downed a &#8220;hostile&#8221; stealth drone using a new air defence system, Iranian news agencies reported, without saying where it had come from.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. attacks came as Iran&#8217;s top negotiator and its foreign minister were in Doha for talks with Qatar&#8217;s prime minister on a potential deal with the U.S. to end the three-month-old war, an official briefed on the visit said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Rubio told reporters in New Delhi earlier that the U.S. would give diplomacy every chance to succeed before considering whether to deal with Iran in &#8220;another way&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He said there was a &#8220;pretty solid thing on the table,&#8221; referring to talks over reopening the strait and a &#8220;very real, significant, time-limited negotiation on the nuclear matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In a lengthy post on Truth Social on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump said talks with Iran were going &#8220;nicely&#8221;, but warned of fresh attacks if they failed. It &#8220;will only be a Great Deal for all, or no Deal at all,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In another indication of the region&#8217;s tensions, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday Israel would intensify strikes against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s military soon thereafter said it was attacking Hezbollah infrastructure in Lebanon&#8217;s eastern Bekaa Valley and other areas.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Israel and Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire in mid-April, but Israel has continued airstrikes it says are acts of self-defence against Hezbollah, which was not party to the truce.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=496\">Wedbush keeps $300 price target on Take-Two stock after earnings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>DOHA TALKS<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The official briefed on the Iranians&#8217; Doha visit told Reuters the discussions focused on the Strait of Hormuz and Iran&#8217;s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, while Iran&#8217;s central bank governor attended to discuss the potential release of frozen Iranian funds as part of a final deal.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said earlier that nuclear issues would only be negotiated after the framework accord was agreed.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Trump has said his key aim in the war is to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon with its highly enriched uranium. Tehran has consistently denied it has plans to do that.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Baghaei said the potential Iran deal contained no specific details on management of the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of the world&#8217;s oil and liquefied natural gas usually flows.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Iran would not charge tolls for ships to pass through but there would be a cost for services offered such as navigation and steps to protect the environment, he said, under a protocol to be agreed with Oman, which lies on the opposite shore of the waterway.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Citing a Middle East diplomatic source, Japan&#8217;s Nikkei newspaper reported the U.S. and Iran were discussing a plan to open the strait about 30 days after reaching a deal to end hostilities.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28, only a few dozen vessels have been passing through the Strait of Hormuz compared with 125 to 140 daily previously. <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The stand-off has caused a spike in oil prices and driven up the costs of fuel, fertiliser and food. <\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In early Asian trade on Tuesday, U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up slightly from Monday&#8217;s last traded price but down 5.5% from Friday&#8217;s close. <\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Reuters bureaux; Additional reporting by Akanksha Khushi, Doina Chiacu, Ariba Shahid, Hatem Mater, Andrew Mills, Elwely Elwelly, Michael Martina and Parisa Hafezi; Writing by Jan Wolfe and Stephen Coates; Editing by Lincoln Feast.)<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=494\">Israel will intensify Lebanon strikes amid US-Iran deal talks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i> Copyright Reuters or USA Today Network via Reuters Connect.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday negotiating a deal with Iran could &quot;take a few days,&quot; quashing hopes for an imminent end to the conflict a day after U.S. forces conducted what Washington called defensive strikes in southern Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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