US and Iranian officials held diplomatic talks in Qatar amid military tensions, signaling potential progress toward ending the ongoing conflict.
There were some talks going on in Qatar today, so we’ll see if we can make progress, Rubio said. I think it’s a lot of talking back and forth going on about specific language in the initial document, so it’ll take a few days. The president expressed his desire to make it. He’s either going to make a good deal or no deal, Rubio added.
Some of the dozens of American warplanes and nearly two dozen Navy warships, including two aircraft carriers and their escort ships enforcing a blockade against vessels trying to enter or leave Iranian ports in or around the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, were threatened by Iranian surface-to-air missiles, a senior U. S. military official said.