US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that Washington is expecting a response from Iran on renewed negotiations over the ongoing conflict, Anadolu Agency reports. “We should know something today. We’re expecting a response from them. We’ll see what the response entails. The hope is that something that it can put us into a serious process of negotiation,” Rubio told reporters during his visit to Rome, where he met with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Referring to reports of Iranian plans to establish an agency to control traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, Rubio said it would be problematic and unacceptable. He urged other countries to not normalize Iran controlling an international waterway, warning that this would set an precedent […]
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