Rubio Calls Iran's Negotiating Demands "Outrageous and Ridiculous"
🎙️ DIPLOMACY — Rubio's words just repriced the deal Trump said was still open. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Trump conditioned strike restraint on "progress" — Rubio just declared the other side's terms outrageous. That gap between principal and secretary isn't confusion; it's leverage theater, or a fracture. Tehran now has two contradictory US signals to read. If Iran treats Rubio as the real floor, the Qatar channel collapses. Bessent's Beijing call just got more urgent.