‘No country should help Iran’: Rubio’s warning after Modi- Pezeshkian meeting
Rubio rules out possibility of trade talks between India and Iran; warns that any country helping Iran generate revenue will face US sanctions
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ruled out any potential trade talks between the two countries while issuing a stern threat to nations who help Iran economically.
Rubio’s remarks on Wednesday (September 2) came during an interview on The Brian Kilmeade Show on Fox News Radio in response to a question on the meeting Prime Minister Modi had with Iranian President Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Bishkek.
Rubio rules out India-Iran trade deal
“Well, I don’t think there’s a trade deal between India and Iran. Obviously, there are – countries all develop their own foreign policy, and many countries around the world talk to the Iranian regime,” Rubio said in response to a remark by Kilmeade that Modi and Pezeshkian appeared to set up a trade deal.
“I mean, we’ve met with elements of the Iranian regime as well, in terms of some of these discussions that have occurred and there’s been contact with them,” Rubio said.
Warning to countries helping Iran
The US Secretary of State said President Donald Trump has made it clear that no country should help Iran evade sanctions.
“No country should be out there helping them create mechanisms by which they can generate revenue that they will then use to sponsor terrorism and try to build a nuclear weapon. And if countries decide to do that, then we’re going to have to sanction them too,” Rubio said.