It was claimed that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wanted the Iranian delegation to leave the country

It has been claimed that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio asked the delegation, including Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Erakchi, to leave the country immediately, as negotiations between Washington and Tehran stalled.

Speaking to the Axios news platform, the US official claimed that while the White House evaluated that progress could be made in the talks with Iran during the day on Monday, September 28, it came to the conclusion that the negotiations had reached a deadlock in the afternoon.

CLAIM: “IRANIAN DELEGATION FLYED TO DOHA A FEW HOURS LATER”

Thereupon, it was claimed that upon Rubio's instructions, Erakçi and his accompanying delegation, who were in the country to attend the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on the evening of the same day, were asked to leave New York immediately.

It was stated that the Iranian delegation went to the airport a few hours later and boarded the plane heading to Doha, the capital of Qatar.

RUBIO IS OUT OF PATIENCE

Two US officials, who spoke to the Associated Press (AP) agency and did not want their names to be disclosed, also claimed that Erakçi was initially planned to stay in New York until September 30.

Officials stated that during this period, Erakchi is expected to hold indirect talks with the United States in order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, end the conflicts and restart negotiations on Iran's nuclear program.

Noting that there was limited progress in the contacts involving Qatari mediators over the weekend, officials claimed that Rubio had "run out of patience" and asked the Iranian delegation to leave immediately.

IRAN DENIES THE CLAIMS: THE DELEGATION LEAVED ON MONDAY EVENING

A statement on the issue was made on the social media platform of Iran's Permanent Representation to the UN on the social media platform of US-based company X.

In the statement, the allegations that the delegation was forced to leave New York by the USA were rejected, and it was stated that the delegation left the country on Monday evening, in line with the program previously notified to the US State Department on September 17.