US Secretary of State Marco Rubio mentioned Monday that “it’s not quite clear how decisions are being made inside of Iran” because the United States seeks to make a deal to finish the war.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Rubio mentioned it’s unclear whether or not the brand new supreme chief, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, is in energy, noting, “No one has seen him. No one has heard from him.”
“It’s very opaque right now. It’s not quite clear how decisions are being made inside of Iran,” he mentioned.
Rubio additionally claimed that the US’ targets “from the very beginning, had nothing to do with the leadership,” regardless of President Donald Trump often mentioning his need for various management in Iran.
The high US diplomat mentioned there are “messages and some direct talks going on between some inside of Iran and the United States, primarily through intermediaries, but there’s been some conversation.”
Rubio outlined among the calls for from the US to Iran, that are practically equivalent to the calls for made earlier than the war: “The Iranian regime can never have nuclear weapons, and they need to stop sponsoring terrorism, and they need to stop building weapons that can threaten their neighbors.”
Asked concerning the minimal concession wanted from Iran, Rubio mentioned Tehran should “take demonstrable steps towards ending any ambition of having nuclear weapons.”
If Iran desires nuclear energy, Rubio mentioned, it ought to comply with the mechanism of different international locations within the area and import it.
“Iran’s demand for sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz is also unacceptable,” Rubio mentioned.
“No country in the world should accept that,” he mentioned. “The United States will not accept that condition. It’s an illegal condition that they’re demanding that’s just not going to happen.”