""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," Waltz told the Security Council meeting, which Washington had requested. Waltz dismissed allegations by Iran that the protests are "a foreign plot to give a precursor to military action.""
"Iran's Deputy U.N. Ambassador Gholamhossein Darzi said Iran does not seek escalation or confrontation and accused Waltz of resorting "to lies, distortion of facts, and a deliberate misinformation campaign to conceal his country's direct involvement in steering unrest in Iran to violence." "However, any act of aggression - direct or indirect - will be met with a decisive, proportionate, and lawful response," he told the Security Council. "This is not a threat; it is a statement of legal reality.""
U.S. representatives told the UN Security Council that the United States stands by the Iranian people and that all options remain on the table to halt the crackdown. President Trump had previously threatened intervention but later said killings appeared to be easing and that no large-scale executions were planned. U.S. envoy Waltz urged action and dismissed Iranian claims that protests were a foreign plot. Iran's deputy UN ambassador Gholamhossein Darzi denied seeking escalation, accused the United States of misinformation and warned that any direct or indirect aggression would receive a decisive, proportionate and lawful response. Russia's ambassador accused Washington of seeking to justify interference.
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