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David__77

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Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:09 AM Tuesday

Planned Israeli strike led US to launch Iran war, Marco Rubio reveals [View all]

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi responded to Rubio's statements, saying that the US has "entered a war of choice on behalf of Israel."

Planned Israeli action against Iran that would have seen retaliation against American forces prompted the United States to launch its weekend strikes against Tehran, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday evening.

"We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action, we knew that they would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew that if we didn’t preemptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties," Rubio told reporters.



https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-888615

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