Trump lays out timeline for more strikes as Rubio kicks Iranian negotiators out of the US
From the Newshound archive · first published 1 October 2026 · last updated 2 October 2026.
Marco Rubio, who ordered Iran's negotiating team to leave the United States amid warnings from Donald Trump that fresh military strikes remain a possibility.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered Iran's visiting UN delegation to leave New York ahead of schedule, effectively ending the latest round of nuclear talks on US soil. The expulsion came as President Trump outlined a "possible" timeline for further military strikes against Iran. Tehran is simultaneously preparing a harder retaliatory response if attacked again, with diplomacy now facing what analysts describe as long odds.
Iran's delegation was booted before their scheduled departure, with Rubio citing the stalled state of negotiations as justification.
Tehran is reportedly readying a significantly tougher retaliation posture, signalling that any new US strikes could trigger a sharper military response than before.
Trump's willingness to publicly sketch a strikes timeline — even as diplomats were still on US soil — underlines how little faith Washington now places in the negotiating track.
