Vance appears to soften U.S. demands on Iranian nuclear enrichment

10m ago Rubio says Iran has "lost complete control" of the Strait of Hormuz Iran has "lost complete control" of the Strait of Hormuz, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday, adding that Tehran's economy was "in total and complete freefall.""The Straits of Hormuz are open. There's almost as much oil flowing out now as there was before this conflict began. So they've lost complete control of the Straits," Rubio told reporters during a visit to Athens.He argued that as a result of "crippling" sanctions, the Iranian economy was "about to reach a place few countries in the world have been."Every dollar received by the "radical Shia clerics" is spent on Hezbollah and Hamas, he said."Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, simple, period, end of story," Rubio said. Civilians receive training on the use of long-barreled firearms, multiple rocket launchers and air defense systems during drills held in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 4, 2026. Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images "And anything they agree to that would be acceptable to the United States has to be something that ensures that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon."He argued that what Iran "was trying to do was build up a conventiona...