BS BULLETIN:

• Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered Iran’s visiting U.N. delegation to leave the United States earlier than planned.
• The move came after indirect U.S.-Iran negotiations in New York failed to produce a breakthrough.
• Iran disputes the U.S. account, insisting its departure had already been scheduled.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio apparently decided the talking had gone on long enough.

Rubio ordered Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and the rest of Iran’s visiting delegation to leave the United States after indirect negotiations between Washington and Tehran reached a stalemate in New York.

A U.S. official told Axios the Iranians had “overstayed their welcome” following the conclusion of the United Nations General Assembly.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had already left New York following his appearance at the U.N., while Araghchi remained behind as diplomatic efforts continued. Those negotiations involved major unresolved disputes over Iran’s nuclear program, the Strait of Hormuz and the wider regional conflict.

President Trump said Saturday that Iran had submitted a proposal during the talks — and that he rejected it.
“They have made a proposal and I rejected it,” he said.

Iran had proposed reopening the Strait of Hormuz and returning to nuclear negotiations in exchange for steps including sanctions relief and an end to the U.S. naval blockade. American negotiators rejected those terms, and by Monday officials concluded the talks had stalled.

Rubio then ordered the Iranian delegation’s stay cut short. Tehran, however, disputes that version of events.

Iranian officials say the delegation was not expelled and contend its departure had already been planned and communicated to the State Department before the U.N. gathering.

The Iranian delegation left New York on Monday evening, in accordance with the schedule that had also been communicated to the U.S. Department of State in advance on September 17. Having achieved nothing, the State Department has resorted to propagating baseless and worthless…

— I.R.IRAN Mission to UN, NY (@Iran_UN) October 1, 2026

Qatari mediators are continuing efforts to bridge the remaining differences between Washington and Tehran.

But whatever diplomatic niceties remain, Rubio’s message from New York was considerably easier to understand. Time to go.

DBS WIRE SOURCES

• Axios — Rubio ordered Iranian delegation to leave the country
• Associated Press — Rubio orders visiting Iranian U.N. delegation to leave NYC early
• Axios — Trump says he rejected Iran’s latest proposal
• Associated Press — Iran says it received official U.S. response to latest offer