Rubio vows to ‘strangle’ Iran economically

Rubio vows to ‘strangle’ Iran economically 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, claiming “they don’t hit our ships, but they lose five tankers.” “They’ll continue to pay a

Localisation: Tehran, Iran, Middle East
Source: Middle East Eye
Categorie: security
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:07:57 +0100