Rubio vows to ‘strangle’ Iran economically
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Washington will continue targeting Iranian oil tankers in retaliation for Tehran's attacks on American naval vessels. Rubio emphasized that the United States aims to systematically strangle Iran's economy through sustained punitive measures.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that the US will continue to target Iranian oil tankers in retaliation for attacks on their warships, adding that Washington aims to “strangle” Tehran economically.
“At the end of the day, they continue to fire at our naval ships and when they fire at our naval ships, they pay a price in tankers,” Rubio told reporters on Wednesday, saying “they don’t hit our ships, but they lose five tankers”.
“They’ll continue to pay a price for that; in the meantime, we’ll continue to strangle them economically,” he added.
“At the end of the day, they continue to fire at our naval ships and when they fire at our naval ships, they pay a price in tankers,” Rubio told reporters on Wednesday, saying “they don’t hit our ships, but they lose five tankers”.
“They’ll continue to pay a price for that; in the meantime, we’ll continue to strangle them economically,” he added.
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