US EditionUS warns Iran that ‘all options are on the table’ in emergency UN meeting
Washington called an emergency UN Security Council meeting and cited over 2,600 protester deaths amid Iran's crackdown, warning that all measures, including sanctions, could be used.
- On Thursday, the United States requested an emergency U.N. Security Council session in New York, invited dissidents Masih Alinejad and Ahmad Batebi to open it, and announced new sanctions on Iranian officials.
- The unrest, which began last month, produced major protests last week, and activists say at least 2,637 people died amid a state-ordered blackout by Thursday.
- Invited dissidents recounted Masih Alinejad telling Iran's representative `You have tried to kill me three times.` and Ahmad Batebi describing torture and pleading with Trump `don't leave` Iranians alone, while two men sentenced in October received 25 years for a plot against Alinejad.
- The U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee warned Thursday that threats of military action, like those made by President Donald Trump, increase 'volatility' in the region, while G7 and EU consider new sanctions.
- Tasnim reported that Araghchi urged the U.N. to meet Iran's `serious expectation` and Darzi accused Washington of `exploitation of peaceful protests for geopolitical purposes`.
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US ambassador warns Iran at emergency UN meeting that Trump is 'man of action,' 'all options are on the table'
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz warned Iran during an emergency meeting of the Security Council that President Donald Trump "is a man of action" who has "made it clear all options are on the table to stop the slaughter." Waltz said Thursday that, "We all have a responsibility to support the Iranian people and to put an end to the regime's neglect and oppression of the Iranian nation." Iran has been plunged into turmoil amid rece…
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The Grand Island IndependentUS warns Iran that 'all options are on the table'
UNITED NATIONS — U.S. and Iranian officials faced each other Thursday at the U.N. Security Council, where America's envoy renewed threats against the Islamic Republic despite President Donald Trump's efforts to lower the temperature between the two adversaries.
U.S. Warns Iran at U.N. as Trump Keeps “All Options” Open
The United States stands by the “brave people of Iran” and President Trump “has made it clear all options are on the table to stop the slaughter,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday. Trump has repeatedly threatened to intervene in support of protesters in Iran, where thousands of people have been reported killed in a crackdown on the protests against clerical rule. But on Thursday, Trump …
UN warns against escalating tensions around Iran exacerbated by military threats and internal repression High UN official deplored Thursday in Council
Iran was the subject of the UN Security Council. There was no decision – as was to be expected.
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