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Live. US 'totally stupid' to attack Iran during nuclear talks, UN ambassador says

Ειδήσεις 03 March 2026 03 March 2026 Hits: 49

Euronews By Gavin Blackburn & Emma De RuiterPublished on 03/03/2026

Air strikes continued across the region on Tuesday as Iran showed no signs of backing down after the US and Israel launched an attack at the weekend that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

We're closing down our live coverage of the fourth day of the Iran war and another very busy 24 hours across the Middle East and further afield. The US and Israel continued striking targets in Iran, while there was no let up in retaliatory strikes on US assets in countries in the Gulf region by Tehran. US President Donald Trump claimed that everything in Iran has "been knocked out," in his first session taking questions from journalists since the start of the war. Iran meanwhile warned that it hadn't yet used any of its most advanced weapons, a sign that the end to this war is nowhere in sight.

03/03/2026 - 20:36 GMT+1

US 'totally stupid' to attack Iran during nuclear talks, UN ambassador says

The United States made a "totally stupid decision" to attack Iran while in negotiations over its nuclear programme and betrayed Gulf nations by trashing their diplomatic efforts, Tehran's UN ambassador said on Tuesday.

Ali Bahreini, Iran's ambassador in Geneva, insisted Tehran had no problem with its neighbours but could not let US bases in the Gulf be used as launchpads for attacks on Iran.

"War was not our option. War was imposed on Iran," Bahreini told UN correspondents.

"Nobody should expect Iran to show restraint in front of aggression...We will continue our defence until the point that this aggression is stopped," he said.

On 26 February, Washington and Tehran held indirect negotiations in Geneva on Iran's nuclear programme, with Omani mediators reporting "significant progress."

Bahreini was present for part of those talks and said "everybody was optimistic" and the US team "agreed to continue negotiations" in Vienna this week.