New York, Jan. 3 -- United States Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Waltz on Saturday rejected Iran's recent outreach to the UN, accusing Tehran of ignoring its own record while seeking international support.

In a post on X, Waltz wrote, "The Iranian regime's whining to the UN ignores decades of sponsoring terrorism & crushing their own people. America & @Potus stand firmly with Iranians yearning for freedom!"

Michael Waltz

Waltz's remarks came after Iran's permanent representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeed Iravani, wrote to the UN secretary-general and the president of the UN Security Council, calling for condemnation of what he described as "unlawful threats" against Tehran by United States President Donald Trump amid ...