Waltz: Human rights abuses in Iran are well-documented
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz says Iran’s Islamic regime is responsible for the deaths of ‘countless’ Americans and it is on an ‘illegal march’ toward a nuclear weapon in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly.
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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 recent anti-government protests, with the death toll from those being at least 2,677, the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency told The Associated Press.
“Colleagues, let me be clear. President Trump is a man of action, not endless talk like we see at the United Nations. He has made it clear all options are on the table to stop the slaughter. And no one should know that better than the leadership of the Iranian regime,” Waltz added.
Waltz’s remarks came as Gholam Hossein Darzi, the deputy Iranian ambassador to the U.N., accused the U.S. of trying to destabilize the Islamic Republic.
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U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Iran on Jan. 15, 2026, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
“Under the hollow pretext of concern for the Iranian people and claims of support for human rights, the United States regime is attempting to portray itself as a friend of the Iranian people, while simultaneously laying the groundwork for political destabilization and military intervention under a so-called…
