U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has informed foreign ministers of allied nations that the United States is not planning to launch new military strikes against Tehran “for the time being,” Axios reported on Wednesday.
The diplomatic messaging comes as Washington pivots toward tightening its economic blockade and sanctions regime against Iran. According to the report, the Trump administration is cooling the immediate prospect of direct kinetic military strikes, opting instead for a comprehensive economic stranglehold designed to exert maximum pressure on the regime in Tehran without escalating into a wider direct military confrontation.