U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday that the United States will either reach a favorable agreement with Iran or address the issue in "another way.”

According to Reuters, Rubio made the remarks to reporters in New Delhi, Ukrinform reports.

“The U.S. ⁠will give diplomacy every chance to succeed before exploring the ‘alternatives’,” Rubio said.

According to him, Washington will either have a good agreement with Iran or deal with the country "another way."

There is a "pretty solid thing on the table in terms ⁠of their ability to open up the strait, get the strait open, enter ⁠into a very real, significant, time-limited negotiation on ​he ⁠nuclear matter, and hopefully we can pull ⁠it off," Rubio said.