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Marco Rubio: “If Iran wants to be able to move its oil again through the…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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WATCH: Sen. Murphy presses Rubio on what it will take to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

Published | Video Starts at 02:48

The first thing that is a predicate to anything else happening, the straits have to be reopened. So the way to think about it is this. If Iran wants to be able to move its oil again through the strait, they will have to reopen the straits. If they refuse to do so, then we have other options available to us. But we would prefer to negotiate the opening of this, which means tell us about the negotiations. (02:48–02:53)

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Asserts that Iran must reopen the straits to move its oil.

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