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POLITICS● ELEVATED2h ago · Oct 1, 2026, 12:08 AM

Scoop: Rubio ordered Iranian delegation to leave the country, U.S. official says

Axios · global

Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanded on Monday that the Iranian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly immediately leave the country after negotiations stalled, according to a U.S. official and a second source with knowledge of the matter.Why it matters: Though the Iranians were likely to depart soon anyway, Rubio's move was a highly unusual diplomatic rebuke and laid bare the deep distrust between the two countries amid fruitless efforts to broker an end to the war. Qatari mediators tried to secure a diplomatic breakthrough between the U.S. and Iran but made little progress, wit

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