Iran denies report US ordered UN delegation to leave after talks stalled

Iran has denied a report that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered its delegation to the UN General Assembly to leave the US immediately after negotiations on an agreement to end the war reached an impasse․

Iran’s mission to the UN disputed the account, saying the delegation’s departure had been planned in advance.

The mission said its officials left New York on Monday evening according to a schedule that had already been communicated to the US State Department on Sept. 17.

Axios reported that Rubio asked members of the Iranian delegation to leave the country on Monday following the breakdown of negotiations․