US Ambassador Michael Waltz told the UN council that strikes aim to stop Iran’s nuclear and missile threats and avert broader Middle East conflict

US Ambassador Mike Waltz told off an Iranian diplomat in an explosive exchange during a heated United Nations session Saturday, after the US and Israel unleashed Operation Epic Fury on Iran. The pair of diplomats traded fiery blows toward the end of the emergency United Nations Security Council meeting after Tehran accused the US of breaking international law and risking a wider regional war following Saturday morning’s joint military

Wright told CNN's 'State of the Union' that the waiver can help 'tamp this fear of shortage of oil, tamp the price spikes and the concerns we see in the marketplace'