UN envoy in Iran to support ‘comprehensive and durable’ end to war

By Reuters 8 April 2026, 4:55 pm

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WASHINGTON — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s personal envoy has arrived in Iran as part of a regional tour aimed at backing “a comprehensive and durable resolution” to the Iran war, the United Nations says.

Jean Arnault will hear Iranian perspectives “on the way forward” and reiterate Guterres’ commitment to support a peaceful settlement, a spokesperson says in a statement.

Arnault also called on all leaders to “choose the path of peaceful resolution and the protection of civilians,” the spokesperson adds.

The veteran UN diplomat, named as Guterres’s envoy on the conflict last month, left for the Middle East on Monday, but the United Nations has not detailed all of his planned stops.