WASHINGTON, April 3. /TASS/. The US has not abandoned plans to change the political and economic system in Cuba, but for now the US administration's attention is focused entirely on Iran, Politico reported, citing a source.

According to the source, the operation in Iran is a distraction and requires significant resources. Furthermore, steps against Cuba risk further upsetting already tenuous relations with Russia, the publication notes. According to Politico's source, the White House has de-prioritized Cuba amid the Iran war. The delay could make any future action harder to predict, the person argued. "We are talking to Cuba, whose leaders want to make a deal and should make a deal, which President Trump believes ‘would be very easily made,’" an unnamed White House official told the publication.

US Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio previously announced that news on the situation around Cuba would be forthcoming. The diplomat said the Caribbean country needed "economic and political reforms."