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 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)

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“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 humanitarian narrative,” Darzi said. 

Waltz dismissed the claim, telling diplomats at U.N.headquarters on Thursday that Iran’s leaders are “afraid of their own people.” 

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“I would like to address the allegation put forward by the regime that theseinspired protestsare somehow a foreign plot to give a precursor to military action.Everyone in the world needs to know that the regime is weaker than ever before, and therefore is putting forward this lie because of the power of the Iranian people in the streets,” Waltz said.

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Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran, on Jan.9, 2026. (MAHSA / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

“They are afraid. They’re afraid of their own people.Iran says it’s ready for dialogue, but its actions say otherwise.This is a regime that rules through oppression, through violence, and through intimidation, and hasdestabilized the Middle Eastfor decades.Well, enough is enough,” he added. 

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“The regime’s dereliction of duty to its own citizens is what has put the ayatollahs in the positions they are in today with hundreds of thousands, if not millions, protesting in the streets after decades of neglect and abuse. So everyone should ask themselves, everyone sitting here today, how many people are dead?” Waltz also said.

White House press secretaryKaroline Leavitttold reporters on Thursday that Trump and his team “have communicated to the Iranian regime that if the killing continues, there will be grave consequences.” 

President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One on his return from Detroit, Mich., at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Jan.13, 2026.(Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

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“And the president received a message as he revealed to all of you and the whole world yesterday, thatthe killing and the executionswill stop.And the president understands today that 800 executions that were scheduled and supposed to take place yesterday were halted.And so the president and his team are closely monitoring this situation, and all options remain on the table for the president,” she added.