Trump, Rubio Say Iran Talks Continue as Nuclear Negotiations Open After 47 Years

3 articles · Updated · CNBC · Jun 2

Trump and Rubio said Tuesday that U.S.-Iran contacts are still active, rejecting Iranian media reports that message exchanges had stopped and framing the talks as an effort to pause the war.
Rubio told senators Iran may now negotiate parts of its nuclear program—something he said Tehran had refused to even discuss a month ago or a year ago.
Trump's denial followed mixed signals a day earlier, when he told CNBC he "couldn't care less" if Iran ended talks and said the negotiations had become "very boring."
Rubio tied any de-escalation to the Strait of Hormuz, saying Iran must reopen the waterway, stop threatening commercial shipping, remove mines and end toll demands.
The testimony came as Congress grows more uneasy about the Feb. 28 war, its economic fallout and Trump's authority to keep fighting without lawmakers' authorization.

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