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2 Jun 2026, 15:30

Marco Rubio said in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting: "There is no such thing as the Islamic Republic Navy. What remains are a number of small boats equipped with machine guns, and a real navy is at the bottom of the ocean."
He added that the Islamic Republic still possesses a large number of drones. Tehran's conventional deterrent capability has been significantly weakened.
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The U.S. Secretary of State emphasized during a Senate hearing that America's first condition for negotiating with the Islamic Republic is the complete and unconditional reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
He further stressed that reopening means restoring conditions to what they were before the war and allowing the free passage of all ships through this strategic waterway, without restrictions and like other waterways in the world.
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He stated that opening the Strait of Hormuz is America's first condition, but simply doing this will not lead to the lifting of sanctions, and the removal of sanctions will be contingent upon certain conditions.
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