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Rubio says US will either have a good agreement with Iran or deal with it ‘another way’

By Thomson Reuters May 24, 2026 | 11:01 PM

May 25 (Reuters) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio said ​on Monday the ‌U.S. will either have a good agreement with Iran or ‌deal ​with ⁠the country “another way.”

The ⁠U.S. will give diplomacy every chance to succeed before exploring ​the “alternatives,” Rubio told reporters in ⁠New ⁠Delhi.

There is a “pretty ​solid thing on the ​table in terms of ‌their ability to open up the strait, get ⁠the strait open, enter into a very real, ⁠significant, ‌time-limited negotiation on ⁠the nuclear ​matter, ‌and hopefully we ​can pull ⁠it off,” Rubio said.

(Reporting by Akanksha Khushi in Bengaluru; Editing by Himani ​Sarkar)