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21 May 2026, 15:40

Marco Rubio, the U.S. Secretary of State, announced on Thursday that if Tehran implements a toll system for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, reaching a diplomatic agreement between the United States and Iran will be impossible.

In a conversation with reporters, he said: "No one in the world supports a toll system. Such a thing cannot happen. It would be unacceptable. If they continue to pursue its implementation, reaching a diplomatic agreement becomes impossible. Therefore, if they want to do such a thing, it is a threat to the world and completely illegal."

He also reported that there have been "advancements" in negotiations with Tehran to end the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran, and according to him, "there are good signs," but Washington is facing "a system that is somewhat fractured and divided."

The U.S. Secretary of State noted that senior officials from Pakistan will travel to Tehran today as mediators in the negotiations, stating: "The President of the United States prefers that a good agreement is reached... I am not here to say that such an event will definitely happen, but I am here to say that we will do everything we can to see if we can reach an agreement or not."

He also added that if a good agreement is not reached, Donald Trump "has clearly stated that he has other options."

Previously, reports had emerged about the visit of Field Marshal Asim Munir, the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan, to Tehran on Thursday. Iranian official news agencies published this news a day after the Pakistani Interior Minister entered Tehran for the second time this week.
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