U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejected claims that Iran is receiving outside assistance that is altering the dynamics of the conflict.
Asked by reporters whether the U.S. knows which countries are aiding Iran in the ongoing war, he declined to name any. But the Secretary of State said he doesn't believe that foreign assistance is helping Tehran in any meaningful way.
"We don't believe anybody is giving Iran anything that's changing the dynamics or the parameters of what we're seeing," Rubio said.
He said Iran would continue to pay a price for attacks on US naval vessels, as the U.S. maintains economic pressure on Tehran.
"At the end of the day, they continue to fire on naval ships and when they fire at our naval ships, they pay a price in tankers... In the meantime, we're going to continue to strangle them economically," Rubio said.
