US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday said that a historic peace deal between the United States and Iran may be announced as early as today, stating that “significant progress” has been made in ongoing diplomatic efforts with the Islamic Republic.
Will US-Iran deal be announced today?
Talking to reporters in New Delhi, alongside External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Rubio suggested that further announcements on the matter could come later in the day from US President Donald Trump.
“On the Iran situation, there’ll be, I believe, maybe more news coming out a little bit later today on this topic, and I’ll leave it to the President to make further announcements on it. We think we’ve made some progress on the outline of something that, if it works, could give us that outcome,” he said.
Referring to developments related to the Strait of Hormuz, Rubio said “there is the possibility that over the next few hours, the world will get some good news”, suggesting that a US-Iran peace deal may be close.
“Suffice it to say that some progress has been made, significant progress, although not final progress has been made,” he said, adding that any agreement would require “full Iranian acceptance and then compliance.”
What did Rubio say about Iran’s blockade of Hormuz?
Rubio reiterated Washington’s stance on Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, stating that the ultimate goal for the US is that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. He also criticised Iran over the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, terming the disruption of commercial navigation a violation of international law, and attacks on commercial vessels as “totally illegal.”
“The Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway, and what they are doing now is basically they are threatening to destroy commercial vessels using an international waterway that is illegal under any concept of international law,” the US Secretary of State asserted.
According to Rubio, recent US efforts have focused on ensuring a free passage through the strategic waterway, stating that some progress has been made in the past 48 hours.
“Some progress over the last 48 hours working with our partners in the Gulf region on an outline that could ultimately, if it succeeds, leave us not just with a completely open Strait of Hormuz, and I mean open Strait without tolls.”
Jaishankar-Rubio delegation-level talks held in New Delhi
Earlier, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar held delegation-level talks with the US Secretary of State Rubio at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, marking a key engagement in the ongoing high-level US-India diplomatic dialogue.
The meeting was attended by senior officials from both sides. Jaishankar was accompanied by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and other senior officials, while Rubio was joined by US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor and members of the visiting American delegation.
During the meeting, Rubio described the first day of his visit as “fantastic” and emphasised that India and the United States are not just allies but “strategic allies”. He said that this “strategic partnership” is what sets the US-India relationship apart. He added that this “extends to opportunities to cooperate globally in different regions of the world”.
First published on: May 24, 2026 03:46 PM IST
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