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Marco Rubio
US Secretary of State under President Trump, whose disclosure that America pre-emptively joined Israel's Iran strikes became the central legal controversy of the 2026 conflict.
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#175 30 Aug
NIAC asks Treasury to restore licences
Iran Conflict 2026#13 2 Aug
Attributed US public sympathy for Cuba to anti-Americanism
Cuba Dispatch: Havana calls the threat framing a lie#162 25 Jul
Houthis widen their strikes to Yanbu
Iran Conflict 2026#11 15 Jul
What the threat assessment actually says
Cuba Dispatch#11 9 Jul
Received the letter urging CSMC sanctions
Cuba Dispatch: Florida four target the medical missions#22 1 Jul
Mentioned in: 15 days: Russia's crude waiver lapses
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#9 1 Jul
#142 30 Jun
Mentioned in: Oman's Hormuz fee splits its authors
Iran Conflict 2026#138 25 Jun
Mentioned in: IRGC rejects the Oman Hormuz route
Iran Conflict 2026#138 25 Jun
Declared zero Gulf support for Hormuz tolls and co-signed a communique welcoming free navigation at the Manama GCC ministerial
Iran Conflict 2026: GCC backs free passage, splits on Oman#138 24 Jun
“Hosted GCC-US ministerial in Manama; secured joint communique rejecting any Hormuz toll or fee”
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#137 23 Jun
Mentioned in: Iran and Oman claim the strait
Iran Conflict 2026#21 23 Jun
Mentioned in: Russia offers EU as peace referee
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#137 23 Jun
Landed in UAE and declared the US would not accept Hormuz tolls or fees
Iran Conflict 2026: Rubio lands in UAE: no Hormuz tolls#8 19 Jun
Dismissed the reform package as insufficient and confirmed no sanctions modification
Cuba Dispatch: Rubio calls reform not dramatic enough#132 18 Jun
Told Congress on 2 June the US had not offered Iran sanctions relief and did not retract
Iran Conflict 2026: OFAC issues no Iran sanctions waiver#9 17 Jun
Mentioned in: GL 134C lapsed clean, no successor
European Oil Markets#128 14 Jun
Received formal protest call from Jaishankar over Settebello deaths on 13 June
Iran Conflict 2026: India takes Settebello deaths to G7#8 14 Jun
Mentioned in: 332 repressions as the market opens
Cuba Dispatch#7 11 Jun
Announced CUPET designation invoking 1960 expropriation of American assets
Cuba Dispatch: US sanctions Cuba's national oil company#7 10 Jun
Mentioned in: OFAC opens Iran waiver second track
European Oil Markets#122 9 Jun
Mentioned in: Trump touts a deal he cannot sign
Iran Conflict 2026#121 8 Jun
Rubio slips Iran deal timeline to months
Iran Conflict 2026#16 7 Jun
Stated publicly that IRGC-linked personnel would not be permitted to enter with the delegation
2026 FIFA World Cup: Iran Arrives in Tijuana, 14 Staff Barred#14 6 Jun
restated on 3 June that IRGC-linked individuals would not be allowed to embed in the delegation
2026 FIFA World Cup: Iran flies to Tijuana, no US visas#120 6 Jun
Mentioned in: Iran doubles its price for a deal
Iran Conflict 2026#6 5 Jun
stated US wants to end Russian oil waivers as soon as possible
European Oil Markets: Kuwait: 10-12 weeks to recover output#119 5 Jun
No Iran signature for nearly 100 days
Iran Conflict 2026#120 5 Jun
Issued 2 May waiver placing Qatar's 300-round order ahead of Bahrain in the Camden queue
Iran Conflict 2026: Bahrain's missile shield runs near empty#118 4 Jun
US unsure Iran's Supreme Leader is alive
Iran Conflict 2026#7 4 Jun
#6 4 Jun
Mentioned in: Rubio signals end of Russian oil waivers
European Oil Markets#117 4 Jun
Confirmed Khamenei alive and increasingly engaging via written intermediaries with 3-5 day courier delay
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran sends no nuclear counter to US#117 4 Jun
Generated a short-lived 1.7% rial rally through Hormuz-first sequencing testimony
Iran Conflict 2026: Iranian rial erases its Rubio bounce#118 4 Jun
Placed the Iran-US deal at 95 per cent complete while Hezbollah's veto blocked the Lebanon track
Iran Conflict 2026: Hezbollah veto stalls the Iran-US deal#118 4 Jun
Placed the Iran-US deal at 95 per cent complete while the administration signed no Iran instrument
Iran Conflict 2026: Trump signs nothing on Iran in two days#116 3 Jun
Iran's rial rises for a war-first time
Iran Conflict 2026#117 3 Jun
Mentioned in: Qatar caps Iran's $12bn cash demand
Iran Conflict 2026#117 3 Jun
Authorised emergency PAC-3 resupply for Qatar, Kuwait, UAE and Israel on 2 May while excluding Bahrain
Iran Conflict 2026: Bahrain runs low on Patriot interceptors#116 2 Jun
Testified before the SFRC setting out the US Hormuz-first sequence and no-sanctions-relief condition
Iran Conflict 2026: Rubio sets the US sequence on oath#13 2 Jun
Kept deliberately ambiguous whether mandatory IRGC service bars a player's US entry
2026 FIFA World Cup: Iran clears Mexico, US visas still held#114 1 Jun
Mentioned in: Trump edits Iran MOU but signs nothing
Iran Conflict 2026#112 29 May
Mentioned in: Iran and US publish two different deals
Iran Conflict 2026#112 28 May
Thanked Pakistan's Ishaq Dar for mediating as Pakistan displaced Oman as sole active channel
Iran Conflict 2026: US threatens Oman, its oldest Iran link#110 27 May
Trump vetoes Iran's only uranium exit
Iran Conflict 2026#109 26 May
Stated the remaining deal dispute is 'disagreements over a word, a sentence'
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran war cabinet home, no deal signed#108 26 May
Tehran says ball is in America's court
Iran Conflict 2026#12 26 May
Mentioned in: Iran moves camp to Tijuana, demands visas
2026 FIFA World Cup#108 25 May
Shifted timeline promise from good news in hours to a couple of days as talks continued
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran meets Qatari mediators in Doha#18 25 May
received Lavrov's evacuation demand and relayed it to Trump without embassy drawdown
Russia-Ukraine War 2026: Lavrov tells US to leave Kyiv now#108 24 May
Named HEU turnover, Hormuz reopening without tolls, and no nuclear weapon as US deal criteria on 24 May
Iran Conflict 2026: Rubio names uranium; Iran denies a deal#106 24 May
Repeated US condition of HEU handover in New Delhi on 23 May
Iran Conflict 2026: Three powers tell three uranium stories#5 24 May
#106 23 May
Repeated US conditions in New Delhi: no weapon, Hormuz open without tolls, uranium handed over
Iran Conflict 2026: Trump declares Iran deal, signs nothing#18 22 May
declared US mediation stagnated and confirmed no talks were occurring
Russia-Ukraine War 2026: Rubio says US mediation has now ended#105 21 May
Declared Iranian Hormuz toll system would make a deal unfeasible and is completely illegal
Iran Conflict 2026: Rubio names Hormuz tolls a deal-killer#5 20 May
#5 14 May
Mentioned in: Church aid moves as $100M offer stalls
Cuba Dispatch#97 14 May
Called on China to play more active role on Iran, framing conflict as Asian stability threat
Iran Conflict 2026: Rubio asks China for active Iran role; Vance claims progress#97 14 May
#95 11 May
Mentioned in: Economic Fury hits four Hong Kong shells
Iran Conflict 2026#95 11 May
Mentioned in: Murkowski holds AUMF for a paper plan
Iran Conflict 2026#93 10 May
Met Qatar PM in Washington for de-escalation talks on 10 May
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran hits Doha tanker as Qatar PM meets Rubio#4 9 May
Held a 45-minute Vatican audience and proposed humanitarian aid via the Catholic Church
Cuba Dispatch: Rubio meets Pope Leo XIV; Vatican track returns#10 9 May
Reiterated IRGC restrictions apply to support staff not players while declining to pre-guarantee any visa
2026 FIFA World Cup: Iran names the players the US must clear#90 7 May
Mentioned in: Pakistan carries US memo to Tehran
Iran Conflict 2026#91 7 May
Mentioned in: Iran reads MOU; reply window to 9 May
Iran Conflict 2026#90 6 May
Mentioned in: Iran's strait authority opens to silence
Iran Conflict 2026#89 5 May
Declared Operation EPIC FURY over and US in defensive mode while affirming blockade continues
Iran Conflict 2026: Trump pauses Project Freedom by post#90 5 May
Declared Operation EPIC FURY concluded and shifted to MOU framing for future negotiations
Iran Conflict 2026: Rubio rejected on Monday, paper Thursday#84 29 Apr
Tightened nuclear condition to 'definitively prevent nuclear sprint at any point', rejecting Iran's ceasefire text
Iran Conflict 2026: Trump ranks blockade above Iran bombing#86 29 Apr
Mentioned in: Grossi: 200 kg sealed in Isfahan
Iran Conflict 2026#83 28 Apr
Called Iran's revised offer 'better than we thought' but raised verification concerns
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran defers nuclear talks past ceasefire#83 28 Apr
Mentioned in: Day 60 ends with zero Iran instruments
Iran Conflict 2026#9 24 Apr
Stated IRGC-linked personnel are barred from accompanying Iran squad to the US
2026 FIFA World Cup: Rubio: Iran can play, IRGC staff cannot#71 16 Apr
Called Lebanese President Aoun alongside Trump and Vance to confirm the ceasefire text before calling Israelis
Iran Conflict 2026: Lebanon ceasefire announced on Truth Social#70 15 Apr
Held Israel-Lebanon-US trilateral at State Department on 14 April
Iran Conflict 2026: IDF triple-tap kills paramedics in Mayfadoun#69 14 Apr
Hosted and led trilateral meeting with Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors
Iran Conflict 2026: Rubio hosts first Israel-Lebanon talks since 1993#53 31 Mar
Trump claims deal; Iran says no talks
Iran Conflict 2026#52 30 Mar
Trump says taking Iran's oil is his goal
Iran Conflict 2026#51 28 Mar
Vance rebuffs Netanyahu on regime change
Iran Conflict 2026#50 27 Mar
Rubio: war needs two to four more weeks
Iran Conflict 2026#47 24 Mar
named by Trump as participant in negotiations
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran will negotiate only with JD Vance#46 22 Mar
Mentioned in: HRW finds three war crimes in Lebanon
Iran Conflict 2026#44 20 Mar
Mentioned in: 47 Iranian drones downed in 24 hours
Iran Conflict 2026#44 20 Mar
Mentioned in: Riyadh expels five Iranian diplomats
Iran Conflict 2026#43 19 Mar
Mentioned in: Kuwait refinery struck by Iran again
Iran Conflict 2026#42 18 Mar
Issued emergency waiver bypassing Congress on $16.5bn arms
Iran Conflict 2026: Rubio bypasses Congress on $16.5bn arms#42 18 Mar
Mentioned in: Iran strikes Kuwait refineries
Iran Conflict 2026#20 4 Mar
Voted against Kaine-Paul War Powers Resolution, 47-53
Iran Conflict 2026: Senate kills war powers check, 47–53#20 4 Mar
Received CENTCOM directive to dismantle Iranian apparatus
Iran Conflict 2026: CENTCOM ordered to dismantle Iran regime#17 4 Mar
Handled fallout from drone strike on Dubai US consulate
Iran Conflict 2026: Drone hits Dubai US consulate car park#19 4 Mar
Mentioned in: Hegseth: second massive assault imminent
Iran Conflict 2026#18 4 Mar
Voted on unenforceable Senate war powers resolution
Iran Conflict 2026: Senate war powers vote; unenforceable#12 3 Mar
Mentioned in: Netanyahu: 'yearned to do this 40 years'
Iran Conflict 2026#12 3 Mar
Hegseth and Rubio split on regime change
Iran Conflict 2026#12 3 Mar
Told Congress the US knew Israel would strike Iran
Iran Conflict 2026: Rubio: US knew Israel would strike Iran#15 3 Mar
Drafted war powers resolution as congressional pushback grew
Iran Conflict 2026: Congress war powers vote; Trump can veto#12 2 Mar