As Pakistan shuttles messages between Washington and Tehran, and EU officials quietly target the architects of the blockade, the clock is running on diplomacy. Israeli strikes in Lebanon, Hezbollah’s defiance, and Iran’s new “Persian Gulf Strait Authority” all push the region closer to a dangerous edge. Trump may sound “cautiously optimistic” about a deal, but Rubio’s talk of “Plan B” hangs over everything like a storm about to break.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed on Friday that back-channel discussions to halt the U.S.-Israel war with Iran is “a little bit of movement.”
