Rubio: Iran paying price for breaking deal, maybe they’ll change their minds

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Washington has kept its end of a deal with Iran but Tehran keeps reneging on agreements while suffering tremendous losses.

“These people make deals and then they break it almost immediately, or they decide, ‘Oh, let’s change the deal.’ That’s not how deals work,” he says on the sidelines of a Southeast Asian summit in Manila.

“So now they’re paying the price for it. And maybe they’ll change their mind here over the next few days as they continue to suffer great losses,” he adds.

Rubio also says Yemen’s Houthi rebels were “suckered” into attacking Red Sea shipping by Iran.

“The Houthis largely were smart and stayed out of all this throughout the conflict, but they now apparently have gotten themselves suckered into this, going after Saudi Arabia and their ships,” Rubio says

“I hope they will de-escalate, because I think the Houthis, frankly, got snookered into this thing by the Iranians,” he tells reporters.