There were some talks going on in Qatar today, so we’ll see if we can make progress, Rubio said. I think it’s a lot of talking back and forth going on about specific language in the initial document, so it’ll take a few days. The president expressed his desire to make it. He’s either going to make a good deal or no deal, Rubio added.
Some of the dozens of American warplanes and nearly two dozen Navy warships, including two aircraft carriers and their escort ships enforcing a blockade against vessels trying to enter or leave Iranian ports in or around the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea, were threatened by Iranian surface-to-air missiles, a senior U. S. military official said.
The U. S. the official said. American and Iranian forces have clashed in other ways since a cease-fire took effect approximately six weeks ago. But the strikes on Monday occurred as Iranian officials gathered in Qatar for negotiations on ending the war.