Gloves OFF: Marco Rubio Gives Iran Big Lesson In Superpower Diplomacy

“They did not, at which point the president decided, and I think appropriately, we can’t have a world in which Iran — only Iranian ships get through the Strait,” Rubio testified.

And so, if they’re gonna shut down the Strait for everybody, we’re gonna shut down the Strait for them, and we have done that through a very effective blockade.”

He also said because of the U. S. blockade, Iran’s financial cost “is in the hundreds of millions of dollars that they are losing in lost revenue that they’re not generating as a result of that.”

The secretary further explained that “talks with Iran are not like talks with Switzerland. ”