Israeli ambassador to UN says Israel not part of any reported Iran talks

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon points toward the Iranian delegation during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at UN headquarters in New York on February 28, 2026. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon points toward the Iranian delegation during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at UN headquarters in New York on February 28, 2026. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon says as far as he knows, Israel isn’t part of any reported talks between the United States and Iran later this week in Pakistan.

“As we speak, Israel and the US, we continue to target military targets in Iran, and we will continue to do that,” he tells UN reporters.

He says the attacks have “accomplished a lot” but not everything.

Danon accuses Iran’s foreign minister of saying just weeks ago that Iran didn’t have missiles with a range beyond 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) — then launching a missile that went nearly 4,000 kilometers (2,500 kilometers) toward Diego Garcia, a remote Indian Ocean island that hosts a major UK-US military base.

In any negotiations to end of the conflict, he says, Israel is determined to ensure that Iran has no nuclear or ballistic missile capability.

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