WATCH: Rubio pushes back on claims Iran opened the Strait of Hormuz

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. will neither tolerate nor normalize a terror regime like Iran controlling an international waterway—imposing tolls and dictating who gets to pass through.

Sec. Marco Rubio: “They cannot normalize, nor can we tolerate them trying to normalize, a system in which the Iranians decide who gets to use an international waterway, and how much you have to pay them to use it.” pic.twitter.com/9FdMCwO4ET

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) April 27, 2026

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