Rubio: U.S. and Iran are still talking about uncertain when an agreement will be reached

On June 3, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio said at a hearing held by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the 2nd that the United States is still negotiating with Iran, but he is not sure when an agreement will be reached. This is the first time Rubio has testified in Congress since the United States and Israel launched large-scale military operations against Iran at the end of February. Responding to lawmakers 'questions about the progress of the U.S. -Iran negotiations, he said,"We are negotiating with Iran," and Iran "has agreed to negotiate some elements of its nuclear program, and just a month ago, even a year ago, they are reluctant to talk." Rubio said an agreement with Iran "could be reached today, it could be reached tomorrow, it could be reached next week," but that "does not guarantee that an agreement will eventually be reached that will be approved by Congress." Rubio also said that the United States has not proposed lifting sanctions on Iran or allowing it to use frozen funds in exchange for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. "This point has never been discussed and never been raised. Any sanctions exemptions must be conditional. This means that the prerequisite must be to resolve the cause of these sanctions in the first place, namely Iran's nuclear program." (Xinhua Agency)