Marco Rubio says no need for major combat operations on Iran given US economic campaign

PARIS: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday said that he told G7 allies that US economic sanctions and naval blockade are working "so well" that President Donald Trump does not have any need to conduct major combat operations in Iran.

Speaking to reporters in Paris, Rubio said the economic pain Washington has inflicted gets worse in time but that US was still open for a "real deal" to be done, but the conditions Tehran continued to place were "absurd".