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Rubio Details U.S. Demands as Iran Peace Talks Falter
(Washington Post) Noah Robertson - Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday outlined the Trump administration's demands for a peace deal with Iran before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, saying the regime in Tehran must reopen the Strait of Hormuz and commit to future talks on curtailing its nuclear program before Washington will lift its blockade of Iranian ports or ease financial sanctions strangling the country's economy. The administration is not willing to ease sanctions on Tehran solely in exchange for reopening the strait, Rubio said. While Rubio said the joint U.S. and Israeli bombing campaign had been "highly successful" in reaching its military objective of degrading Iran's defense industrial base, he made clear that Iran still retains drone and missile capabilities. "They still have a lot of drones because these are easy to make."