‘They wanted everything up front’: Trump’s UN envoy says Iran was not negotiating in good faith to end war

Mike Waltz said Trump was not convinced that Iran was negotiating in good faith. US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal to end the ongoing conflict because Tehran wanted sanctions relief and other concessions before negotiations on its nuclear programme.“They were asking for everything up front,” Waltz told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday. He said Iran was seeking relief from “billions and billions” of dollars in sanctions before agreeing to negotiate an end to its nuclear programme.Waltz said Trump was not convinced that Iran was negotiating in good faith. He also argued that Tehran’s proposal was unacceptable because it sought major concessions before substantive talks could begin.Trump on Saturday confirmed that he had rejected the Iranian proposal. According to Politico, the plan called for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a resumption of nuclear talks in return for the US lifting its naval blockade of Iranian ports, easing sanctions on Iranian oil sales and agreeing to a seven-day ceasefire.“They want to make a deal where they open the Strait immediately because they’re losing so badly,” Trump told...