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While President Masoud Pezeshkian left New York a day after
speaking at the United Nations last week, Foreign Minister Abbas
Araghchi had remained behind ostensibly to participate in
indirect talks with the U.S. on opening the Strait of Hormuz,
ending the conflict and resuming negotiations over Iran’s
nuclear program.
According to some accounts, Araghchi had planned to stay in New
York until Wednesday.
After little progress was made in weekend meetings between
Iranian and Qatari mediators, Rubio lost patience and told the
Iranians on Monday that Araghchi and his delegation had to leave
New York immediately, according to the two officials, who were
familiar with the decision and spoke on condition of anonymity
to discuss an internal administration process.
Rubio, according to one official, determined that the Iranians
had “overstayed their welcome” and that since the high-level
meetings at the U.N. were over, they should leave.
Ararghchi and his team departed New York very early Tuesday.
The Iranian U.N. delegation on Wednesday denied that they were
ordered to leave.
“The Iranian delegation left New York on Monday evening, in
accordance with the schedule that had also been communicated to
the U.S. Department of State in advance on September 17,” the
delegation wrote on its official X account. “Having achieved
nothing, the State Department has resorted to propagating
baseless and worthless news.”
Rubio’s decision was first reported by Axios.
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