Rubio says that war was necessary to contain Iran's nuclear threat

O head of diplomacy of the United States (USA) reiterated this Sunday that President Donald Trump started the war against Iran, even if it was not “necessarily popular”, to protect the world from Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.

Marco Rubio refused, however, to comment directly on the overwhelming defeat of the Republicans in the November 3 elections, which represented a strong rejection of Trump.

The unpopularity of the war against Iran, coupled with the impact of the conflict on gasoline prices and other sectors of the economy, helped democrats take control of the two chambers of the United States Parliament.

Asked about a publication made last week by Vice President JD Vance on social media, in which he attributed much of the republican losses to the war, the Secretary of State told journalists that Donald Trump “identified a very real threat” coming from Iran and worked to prevent the Islamic Republic from developing a nuclear weapon.

“ He faced the issue, although often doing what is right for the country, dealing with complex challenges for our security, is not necessarily popular, but it is necessary,” said Rubio in Florida (southeast), before leaving for a meeting of G7 Foreign Ministers in Paris.

Hours earlier, the President of the United States considered “very unlikely” a resumption of the war with Iran, provided there is progress in negotiations with Tehran.

“ It depends on whether or not they sign a very solid agreement,” Donald Trump said in a telephone interview with a CNN journalist.

Referring expressly to a possible rekindling of war, he added: “It is very unlikely that this will be necessary.”.

Traump stated, however, that he could order the resumption of hostilities if the situation changed, adding: “We attacked them very hard. I attacked them very hard. They have no idea how I attacked them”.

The statements of the US chief and state contrast with those of Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who stated shortly before that diplomatic negotiations between the two countries had stalled due to the “shock” caused by the defeat of Donald Trump’s campaign in the mid-term elections on November 3.

“ In recent days, there have been no more trips [of mediators], and the reason is the shock that the results of the elections in the United States caused everyone,” said Abbas Araghchi on state television.

It will take some time for the environment “to be favorable to resume the displacements of mediators. We must be patient”, he added.

Diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict, triggered in late February by the joint attacks of the United States and Israel against Iran, intensified before the U.S. mid-term elections.

After the defeat of the Republican Party in the elections, Donald Trump attributed the great reason for defeating his party to the dizzying rise in oil prices motivated by the conflict, while reaffirming the virtues of his tariff policy.