Mike Waltz pushes UN resolution to stop Iran mining key global shipping route

The United States is advancing a caller United Nations Security Council solution targeting Iran’s actions successful the Strait of Hormuz arsenic the medication seeks to reenforce its ongoing maritime cognition with planetary backing.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said Monday the effort is designed to clasp Iran accountable for mining planetary waters, threatening planetary shipping and attempting to disrupt 1 of the world’s astir captious commercialized routes.

"The president and Secretary Rubio person instructed america to travel to the Security Council successful afloat practice and trade a solution with Bahrain and the GCC countries," Waltz said during a property briefing. "We’re moving connected a parallel effort astatine the Security Council that is abstracted and chiseled from Project Freedom, but evidently related."

"The solution volition impact holding Iran to relationship for its blatant violations of planetary law," helium added, including requiring Tehran to halt laying oversea mines, disclose their locations and enactment with the United Nations to found humanitarian corridors utilized by dozens of U.N. agencies to present assistance globally.

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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz speaks during a United Nations Security Council gathering astatine U.N. office successful New York City connected Feb. 28, 2026, pursuing U.S. and Israeli strikes connected Iran. (Heather Khalifa/Reuters)

The diplomatic propulsion comes arsenic U.S. forces moved Monday to unafraid commercialized shipping done the strait nether President Donald Trump’s Project Freedom. U.S. Central Command confirmed American forces sank six Iranian tiny boats threatening vessels, underscoring the fragility of the ceasefire and the ongoing risks to planetary vigor flows.

Waltz framed the effort arsenic portion of a broader propulsion to acceptable a planetary precedent.

"We can’t acceptable a modular that if 2 countries person a struggle … you tin past embark connected corporate punishment for the economies of the remainder of the world," helium said.

When asked by Fox News Digital astir the broader implications of Iran’s actions, Waltz said the U.S. is moving to guarantee that planetary waterways cannot beryllium weaponized.

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The United States is advancing a caller United Nations Security Council solution targeting Iran’s actions successful the Strait of Hormuz.  (AP Photo)

"You can’t commencement indiscriminately conscionable throwing oversea mines retired into the water to sow uncertainty and fearfulness into the planetary maritime community," helium said. "And you surely can’t spot it arsenic a gross root … nary state has a close to punish the remainder of the satellite arsenic portion of a conflict."

He besides pointed to the quality toll of the crisis, noting that thousands of civilian mariners person been caught successful the escalating tensions.

"These are captains, engineers, cooks, deckhands … they had nary portion successful this conflict. They shouldn’t beryllium forced to suffer," Waltz said, adding that the medication is emphasizing the humanitarian facet of ensuring harmless transition and assistance delivery.

Fox News Digital besides asked whether the U.S. and its partners should look beyond securing the strait and see semipermanent structural solutions to bypass it altogether.

"I cognize our Gulf partners and allies are earnestly reasoning done that," Waltz said, referencing existing infrastructure specified arsenic Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline and export routes done the Gulf of Oman.

"I cognize they’re looking astatine further alternatives to frankly diversify their pathways and diversify their economies," helium added.

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A pistillate walks past a billboard showing a subject manus holding the Strait of Hormuz with Farsi substance which reads, "In Iran's hands forever," "Trump couldn't bash a damn thing," "The power of Strait of Hormuz volition beryllium Iran's forever," successful Vanak Square, successful bluish Tehran, Iran, connected April 16, 2026. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

While the U.S. subject effort is focused connected contiguous stabilization, including guiding vessels and deterring Iranian harassment, Waltz stressed that the U.N. solution is intended to code the broader planetary implications and forestall akin crises successful the future.

Despite the push, questions stay astir whether Russia and China volition enactment the measurement aft a erstwhile effort successful April failed to pass. 

Waltz said the existent connection is narrower successful scope and focused specifically connected wide violations of planetary law, which helium argued should marque absorption little likely.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the Iranian ngo to the U.N. fo comment.