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UN Urges Diplomacy As US Warns Gulf States Over Military Campaign Against Iran
“I think the world needs more diplomacy; we do not need more military action,”
“After months of threats by Trump, resumption of Iran war now seems inevitable”
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UN urges diplomacy amid reports of possible renewed US strikes on Iran US warns Gulf states of a potential military campaign against Iran after midterms
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Diplomacy urged as risk rises
The UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters at UN Headquarters that the United States has reportedly warned Gulf countries for a military campaign against Iran after the midterm elections, while the UN said it has continued to push for diplomacy. Stephane Dujarric stressed, "I think the world needs more diplomacy; we do not need more military action," as the UN described having "not been privy to any information that's not been reported." Gulf diplomacy intensified as Saudi Minister of Defence Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud attended talks in Tehran with diplomats from Qatar, aimed at preventing the resumption of all-out war.
US President Donald Trump repeated warnings that Washington may carry out another military operation against Iran as rising fuel prices weigh on the US midterm elections scheduled for November 3, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Iran would respond more forcefully to any renewed US military action. The IAEA chief Rafael Grossi told a UN Security Council meeting that "since June 2025, we have not identified any activity to repair or reconstruct any of the facilities damaged in the military attacks of 2025 and 2026."
GCC talks, nuclear conditions
Al Jazeera reported that Gulf countries stepped up diplomacy with Iran to de-escalate tensions across the Middle East amid fears of renewed US strikes on Tehran and intensifying hostilities between Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Al Jazeera also reported that the meeting in Tehran was attended by Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud, and that reports said the talks stopped short of landing an agreement. The same Al Jazeera account said Reuters reported that Qatari mediators presented Iran with a draft deal on Sunday, and that Iranian officials said Qatar had put forward ideas that were unacceptable and that Tehran would show no flexibility regarding the nuclear issue.
The Times of Israel liveblog said Rafael Grossi urged Iran to give inspectors access to all nuclear sites, including those damaged in the military attacks. The Times of Israel liveblog added that the IAEA has not been able to verify the status of Iran’s stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium since the US bombed its sites last year.
Iranian voices weigh costs
Mohsen Ghoruyan, a professor of religious studies and university lecturer, told News Online that it appears there is a greater likelihood of a broader war and that "we do not desire such a war and must strive to prevent its formation." Ghoruyan said, "We must answer this question: to what extent are we willing to pay the cost to preserve our military and nuclear capabilities?" as he argued that missile strikes and bombings bring human casualties and losing human lives is no small cost. In Tehran, Manouchehr Mottaki said intermediaries in the Iran–U.S. dispute worked only to the benefit of the Americans, and he argued that diplomacy is not an end in itself but a tool to achieve defined goals.
“We do not desire such a war and must strive to prevent its formation.”
Mottaki said, "We truly should not open some of the windows of diplomacy," and he warned that one should not give diplomacy a chance where the other side has no intention of real negotiation. Aliakbar AliKhani, the scientific secretary of the symposium and a Tehran University professor, said, "War is absolute evil," while also arguing that there has never been and will not be any bad peace.