MANILA: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that Washington had upheld its side of an agreement with Iran, accusing Tehran of repeatedly reneging on deals while suffering “tremendous losses.”
“These people make deals and then break them almost immediately, or they decide, ‘Oh, let’s change the deal.’ That’s not how deals work,” Rubio said.
“Now they’re paying the price for it. And maybe they’ll change their mind over the next few days as they continue to suffer great losses,” he added.
Rubio also said Yemen’s Houthi rebels had been “suckered” by Iran into attacking Red Sea shipping.
“The Houthis largely were smart and stayed out of all this throughout the conflict, but they now apparently have gotten themselves suckered into this, going after Saudi Arabia and their ships,” he said on the sidelines of a Southeast Asian summit in Manila.
