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Rubio and Trump have consistently emphasized that strategic goals can be achieved through sanctions by pressuring Iran and that there is no need to expand the military campaign at this time. So the market is betting that the conflict in the Middle East will slow down and oil prices will go down.
Secretary of Staterubio On the 10th, it said that the United Statesiran Economic sanctions and other restrictive measures have achieved notable results, so there is no need at this time to resume a large-scale military operation against Tehran. Firsttrump President Trump said on the 9th that the war with Iran is “basically over”, allaying external concerns that the United States will expand its attack on Iran.
“The impact of economic sanctions on Iran is extremely devastating, so there is no need for large-scale military action at this time. That’s the message I’m sending to my colleagues here today,” the Associated Press reported Rubio said in a joint interview with media after attending a meeting of foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) in Paris.
Rubio explained that President Trump “has concluded that large-scale military action is not necessary at this time because we are achieving the same strategic goals through economic means.” Rubio said that if Iran crossed the “red line”, “the US military is ready” and warned that Tehran would pay a heavy price for it.
During the foreign ministers’ meeting, G7 European member states pressured Rubio to avoid taking any action against Iran that would worsen the situation.
“The economic pain currently being inflicted on Iran and its established regime is enormous and is increasing every day,” Rubio said. He said that the naval blockade imposed by the US is reducing Iran’s oil supply.
“This fundamentalist regime of madmen is inflicting this suffering on its own people,” he said of the Islamic Republic’s clerical leadership.
However, Rubio is not optimistic about the prospects for reaching an agreement between the United States and Iran. He believes that Iran does not appear pragmatic in negotiations.
“Iran really wants to make a deal, but the problem is that they keep putting forward ridiculous and fraudulent conditions. But that could change.”
Rubio said: “At the end of the day you need food and you need to pay soldiers and security forces. I believe that as time goes on, these will have an impact… economic reality will eventually sink into the minds of the most radical lunatic.”
The Guardian previously reported that Trump said at the White House press conference on the 9th that Israel and its allies in the Gulf region have been appropriately protected from the threat of Iran, and there is no need to escalate military action. “For now, it appears unlikely that military action will be needed, but we are prepared to respond to any situation,” he said.
Trump said this before meeting Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammad in the Oval Office of the White House. Mohammed and other Gulf countries have repeatedly lobbied Trump not to restart war against Iran.
Trump said, “We see this conflict coming to an end. I think it will be over soon.”
After the Republican Party lost control of both houses of Congress in the midterm elections, Vice President Vance said that the war in Iran was one of the major reasons for the defeat.
●Gulf allies maintain “status quo” as oil prices fall
