Washington: US Defense Secretary Marco Rubio said on Friday that he expects the military action against Iran to be completed in weeks, not months. Marco Rubio explained that he hopes to achieve the goals within weeks. Marco Rubio was speaking to reporters after the G7 foreign ministers' meeting in France. The military action against Iran is taking place on or ahead of schedule. Marco Rubio explained that he hopes to complete it in a timely manner, that is, in a few weeks, not months. Marco Rubio explained that he hopes to achieve the goals without the help of the ground forces, but some troops are being deployed in the region to provide the president with the opportunity to make the necessary decisions as the situation changes. The United States has currently sent two groups of thousands of Marines to the Middle East. The first group will arrive by the end of March. The Pentagon is also expected to deploy thousands of airborne troops. The large-scale military deployment is fueling concerns that the war that the United States and Israel launched on February 28 with the assassination of Iran's supreme leader and other top officials could turn into a protracted land war. Iran's retaliatory strikes on US and Israeli targets, as well as civilian facilities and ships in the Gulf, have severely disrupted global energy and commodity trade, raising fears of a price spike and economic recession. President Donald Trump has expressed interest in ending the war. While Trump has repeatedly said that talks for a diplomatic solution are working, Iran has rejected such arguments. Trump has extended Iran's deadline for reopening the blockaded Strait of Hormuz by 10 days. Rubio discussed with G7 foreign ministers the possibility of Iran imposing tariffs on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz even after the war ends. Marco Rubio said that European and Asian countries, which benefit from trade through the waterway, should share in the security responsibility. Marco Rubio added that the United States has less dependence on this trade area.