US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal to end the ongoing conflict because Tehran wanted sanctions relief and other concessions before negotiations on its nuclear programme.
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“They were asking for everything up front,” Waltz told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday. He said Iran was seeking relief from “billions and billions” of dollars in sanctions before agreeing to negotiate an end to its nuclear programme.