Hormuz tolling system would make Iran deal unfeasible, warns Rubio

A diplomatic ‌deal between the United States and Iran ​would ⁠be unfeasible if Tehran ‌implemented a tolling system ‌in the Strait of Hormuz, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ‌told reporters on Thursday.

"No one in ⁠the world is in favour of the tolling system. It can't happen. It would be unacceptable. It would make a diplomatic deal unfeasible if ​they were to continue to pursue that. ‌So it's a threat to the world if they were trying ⁠to do that, and it's completely illegal," Rubio said.

He also told reporters there ​had ‌been some progress in talks with ‌Tehran to end the US-Israeli war on Iran, but that Washington was dealing with "a system ‌that itself ‌is a ⁠little fractured."

"There's some good signs," Rubio ‌said. "I don't want to be overly optimistic ... So, let's see ⁠what happens over the ​next few days."

Reuters