"Marco Rubio", the U.S. secretary of state, despite the continued attacks by his country’s army on targets in Iran, said that Washington still welcomes a diplomatic solution and talks with the Islamic Republic.

Rubio on Sunday, 28 Tir 1405, before traveling to the Philippines to take part in the meeting of foreign ministers of the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), accused the Islamic Republic of trying to use the Strait of Hormuz as leverage against the world in the ongoing Middle East conflicts.