According to Al Jazeera, Rubio stated in Paris on Tuesday following the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting that economic pressure on Iran makes large-scale military action unnecessary "for now," adding that if economic measures can achieve the same objectives, military strikes are not required. He also noted that economic pressure will continue to intensify and emphasized that the U.S. remains open to diplomacy. This was a policy stance for that moment, rather than an announcement of the lifting of the blockade or the permanent exclusion of military action.