Nikki Haley to UN: Drop ‘foolish’ view of Iran

Published October 18, 2017 4:00pm ET



Major world powers at the United Nations Security Council have taken a “short-sighted” and “foolish” view of Iran’s aggression in the Middle East, according to Ambassador Nikki Haley.

“As a council, we’ve adopted a dangerously shortsighted approach,” Haley, the top American diplomat at the U.N., said during a Wednesday meeting. “Iran must be judged in totality of its aggressive, destabilizing, and unlawful behavior. To do otherwise would be foolish.”

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