Rubio sees little hope of diplomatic breakthrough to Mideast deadlock amid 'outrageous' Iranian demands
CNBC reports Marco Rubio seeing little hope of a U.S.–Iran breakthrough, calling Iranian demands unacceptable and in some cases outrageous, ridiculous, and unrealistic. Rubio, speaking in Florida before the G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Paris, said talks are not near a breakthrough; Donald Trump says renewed strikes are unlikely if negotiations progress, while Iran's Esmaeil Baghaei wants sanctions lifted and the war ended before talks begin, and Tehran proposed shortening the restart timetable from seven days to two.
