Rubio: US Iran still in talks, uncertain when agreement will be reached According to a report by Golden Finance, on June 3rd, US Secretary of State Rubio stated during a hearing held by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the US is still negotiating with Iran, but he is unsure when an agreement can be reached. This is the first time Rubio has testified in Congress since the United States and Israel launched a large-scale military operation against Iran at the end of February. When asked by lawmakers about the progress of the US Iran negotiations, he said, "We are currently negotiating with Iran." Iran "has agreed to negotiate some aspects of its nuclear program, but just a month or even a year ago, they were unwilling to talk. Rubio said that the agreement with Iran "could be reached today, tomorrow, or next week," but this "does not guarantee that a deal that will be recognized by Congress will ultimately be reached. Rubio also said that the US has not proposed lifting sanctions on Iran, nor has it proposed allowing it to use frozen funds as a condition for reopening the Strait of Hormuz. This has never been discussed or raised. Any reduction in sanctions must be conditional. This means that the prerequisite must be to address the root cause of these sanctions, namely Iran's nuclear program. "(Xinhua News Agency)