Iran is Playing Us

Rubio Says He Expects Iran to Send a Proposal on Friday; Trump Says Ceasefire Still Intact

‘We’re expecting a response from them today (yesterday) at some point,’ the secretary of state said.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the White House is expecting a response proposal on May 8 from the Iranian regime about ending the war, coming as American and Iranian forces clashed in the region in recent days.

“We’re expecting a response from them today at some point. We have not received that yet,” Rubio told reporters on Friday while he was visiting with the Pope in Italy about negotiations between Washington and Tehran.

Rubio added that U.S. officials hope that the Iranian proposal is “something that can put us into a serious process in negotiation.”

The secretary said the U.S. government is aware of recent reports saying Iran is attempting to create “some agency that’s going to control traffic” in the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway through which about one-fifth of the world’s oil travels.

“That would actually be unacceptable,” he said.

President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that a ceasefire was still holding despite a flare-up in the conflict after three U.S. Navy destroyers were attacked as they moved through the strait and that the U.S. military had fired ​back.

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