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Waltz: ‘Door open’ to Iran talks, more countries eye Abraham Accords

Speaking at Al-Monitor Live New York, US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said that several more regional states have expressed their interest in joining the Abraham Accords.

Adam Lucente

Sep 20, 2026

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NEW YORK — US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said Sunday that the “door is open” for Iran to return to the negotiating table and suggested that the Trump administration believes time is on its side in the conflict.

Speaking at an Al-Monitor Live event in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Waltz defended the administration’s handling of the war with Iran and touted the Abraham Accords, which marked their sixth anniversary last week. 

The US-brokered agreements establishing diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Bahrain were signed at the........

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