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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

UN ambassador Waltz says Iran was not negotiating ‘in good faith’ to end war

Mike Waltz, US ambassador to the UN, speaks into a microphone at a desk labelled United States
Mike Waltz, US ambassador to the UN, speaks during a UN security council meeting on ‘Maintenance of Peace and Security of Ukraine’ at UN headquarters on 23 September 2026 in New York City. Photograph: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images

The Trump administration’s ambassador to the United Nations said the US rejected Iran’s proposal to end the ongoing war there because Iranian negotiators “were asking for everything up front”.

Echoing comments by Donald Trump on Saturday, the president’s UN ambassador, Mike Waltz, told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday that Iran had asked for relief “from billions and billions of sanctions that are going into place” as part of an economic blockade on Iran. The blockade is aimed at putting pressure on Iran to stop its attacks ‌on vessels in the strait of Hormuz.

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