Rubio: Trump Has Not Made a Decision on Military Action Against Iran

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that “Iran has shown it has ambitions to acquire nuclear weapons, and that will not happen,” emphasizing that the Group of Twenty (G20) agreed on the importance of ensuring freedom of navigation. In remarks to the press on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Atlanta, the U.S. secretary of state affirmed that President Donald Trump “has not made a decision regarding the execution of military action against Iran,” that talks with Iran have not stopped, and that the timeline for such actions is set by the president. He added, “I do not know if there is a timeline for the ongoing talks in Qatar on Iran, and we are open to diplomatic solutions with Iran that do not threaten our national security.”