{"id":2599106,"date":"2026-05-05T17:20:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-slams-un-inaction-over-iran-mining-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T17:22:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:22:55","slug":"rubio-slams-un-inaction-over-iran-mining-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-slams-un-inaction-over-iran-mining-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubio slams UN inaction over Iran mining Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frubio-slams-un-inaction-over-iran-mining-strait-of-hormuz%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2599106&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Marco Rubio criticized the United Nations for not speaking out about Iran\u2019s mining and attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, saying the situation is an illegal takeover of an international waterway that has endangered commercial shipping. He pointed to a U.S.-backed U.N. Security Council resolution urging Iran to stop its actions-ceasing attacks,removing mines,and ending the tolling-while allowing humanitarian aid to reach those in need. Rubio argued the U.N.should use the resolution as an prospect to function as a forum for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-melania-trump-and-princess-kate-team-up-to-delight-young-children\/\" title=\"Watch: Melania Trump and Princess Kate Team Up to Delight Young Children\">resolving global conflicts<\/a>, and he said it\u2019s unacceptable that other major powers have not acted. He also noted that a similar resolution previously failed after being blocked by Russia and China, and suggested that passage would benefit China and Russia as well.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"51\">Marco Rubio<\/a> slammed the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-nations\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"110\">United Nations<\/a> for its silence over Iran\u2019s use of mines in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a> during a Tuesday afternoon press briefing at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio\u2019s comments came after the State Department announced a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2026\/05\/the-united-states-proposes-a-un-security-council-resolution-to-defend-freedom-of-navigation-and-secure-the-strait-of-hormuz\/\">U.N. Security Council resolution<\/a> pressuring Iran to cease attacks, mining, and tolling in the strait. Rubio called on the U.N. to unequivocally pass the new resolution at the briefing.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4556117\/trump-sidetracked-about-war-kids-youth-fitness-exam-signage\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump rants to children about war during youth fitness signing<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4555991\/rubio-project-freedom-defensive-operation\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Rubio: Project Freedom is a \u2018defensive operation\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4555034\/palm-beach-approves-plan-rename-airport-after-trump\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Palm Beach approves plan to rename airport after Trump<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a real test for the U.N., right, as a function, as something that functions, that can go <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-xi-jinping-tells-biden-to-clean-up-his-own-mess-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"...: Xi Jinping Tells Biden to Clean Up His Own Mess in Ukraine\">solve global problems<\/a>. What is the purpose of the U.N.?\u201d Rubio said. \u201cThe U.N. was supposed to be a place where you could <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >peacefully resolve global conflict<\/a>. Right now, you have a country who is unlawfully, criminally, and illegally taking possession of an international waterway and blowing up commercial vessels and putting mines in the water.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>A ceasefire that paused the Iran war is still in effect despite Tehran\u2019s attacks against U.S. forces and the United Arab Emirates on Monday. But there is currently no clear path for a peace deal between the United States and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio said it was \u201cunacceptable\u201d for Iran to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-western-and-lng-tankers-manage-to-cross-strait-of-hormuz\/\" title=\"First Western and LNG tankers manage to cross Strait of Hormuz\">attack commercial vessels<\/a> and put mines in the strait, but also for other global powers to sit by as it happened. The criticism echoes that of President Donald Trump, who has lambasted allies over their refusal to get involved in the conflict against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to take it to the U.N., and we\u2019re going to give it another chance to be a forum,\u201d Rubio said. \u201cWe\u2019re not even asking people to commit troops to the region and help blow up the Iranian boats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll we\u2019re asking them to do is to condemn it, to call on Iran to stop blowing ships, to remove these mines, and to allow humanitarian relief to come through because there\u2019s humanitarian aid that\u2019s trapped,\u201d he added. \u201cThat\u2019s it. There\u2019s a very modest request.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several other nations helped draft the resolution, including Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, and Qatar. Yet a similar resolution introduced last month was shot down by Russia and China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re telling me that the international community and hundreds of countries cannot rally behind that, then I don\u2019t know what the utility of the U.N. system is if it can\u2019t even solve something as straightforward as that,\u201d Rubio said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4555991\/rubio-project-freedom-defensive-operation\/\">RUBIO: PROJECT FREEDOM IS A \u2018DEFENSIVE OPERATION\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He also claimed it was in the best interest of China and Russia for the resolution to pass due to the economic pressure of Iran controlling the strait.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio is one of several administration officials filling in for press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who is on maternity leave. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rubio criticized the U.N. for silence on Iran\u2019s Strait of Hormuz mine use<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2599107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/050526_MARCO_RUBIO_BRIEFING-4-e1778015532146.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3823,38830,32726,57321,52441],"class_list":["post-2599106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-iran","tag-maritime-security","tag-middle-east","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-un-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/050526_MARCO_RUBIO_BRIEFING-4-e1778015532146.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2599106"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2599110,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599106\/revisions\/2599110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2599107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2599106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2599106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2599106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}