Marco Rubio briefs US lawmakers on Iran as Trump uses State of the Union to threaten nuclear programme
by Andrew Roth in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#73T0J)
Secretary of state makes rare briefing to so-called gang of eight' as US deploys largest force of aircraft and warships to Middle East since 2003
Marco Rubio delivered a rare briefing to top US lawmakers on Iran, just a few hours before Donald Trump used his State of the Union address to say that Tehran would never be allowed to develop nuclear weapons.
Amid the largest deployment of aircraft and warships to the Middle East since the 2003 buildup to the Iraq war, Trump said he wanted to solve the confrontation with Iran through diplomatic means while claiming that Tehran was seeking to develop ballistic missiles that could reach the US, without providing further details.
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