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Rubio expects war to end 'weeks, not months' | BBC News

2026-03-27 News & Politics
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The US expects to end its operation in Iran in "weeks, not months", US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in France He said the US can achieve its goals "without any ground troops" being deployed to Iran and he added Tehran may decide to set up a tolling system for the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian state media has reported claims made by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi that US-Israeli strikes are targeting civilian sites. Araghchi said two of Iran's largest steel factories, a power plant and civilian nuclear sites were targeted and his country will "exact a heavy price" Meanwhile, Israel said it hit the Arak heavy water plant in central Iran. Several Gulf nationals have also reported fresh strikes and interceptions - the UAE said its air defences engaged ballistic missiles and drones launched from Iran. Subscribe to our channel here: https://bbc.in/bbcnews For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #US #Iran #BBCNews

Top Comments (10)

@jools2323 2026-03-27

Nobody sane believes a word they say.

237 20 replies
@yernestofly 2026-03-27

a country addicted to wars, sad.

162 9 replies
@0Kimm.J 2026-03-27

How do you take a guy seriously who wears shoes way too big just to placate a felon?

139 3 replies
@Jackie-rc6cj 2026-03-27

Having someone with the mentality of a two year old toddler handle the biggest military in the world is dangerous. And no one to police his blatant war crimes. This is not funny anymore.

69 4 replies
@pingjuaneza2547 2026-03-28

Weeks??? How? You don't have the cards!

58 2 replies
@octosalias5785 2026-03-28

Just two weeks bro. It'll wrap up in two weeks. Just give us a few hundred billion dollars, bro, come on.

47 1 replies
@regophil 2026-03-27

The Vietnam War (1955-1975) only lasted about 1100 weeks. In terms of days, it was only 7700 days.

41 2 replies
@alanseymour1252 2026-03-28

I guess Iran will no longer negotiate with terrorists.

38 6 replies
@temens 2026-03-27

Rubio too stupid to realize that once you hit 4 weeks, it's now months. SMH

34 1 replies
@anodyne57 2026-03-28

These guys dig themselves deeper and deeper. Nobody even pretends to believe there's a relationship between what they say and the reality of the facts-based universe.

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