UNGA 2026 LIVE: Pezeshkian to Address UN Today; Likely to Respond to Trump’s 'Annihilate Iran' Remark
Pezeshkian said Iran will keep pursuing diplomacy as US and Iranian officials held their first indirect talks in months, with oil prices near two-week lows.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump threatened to "annihilate" Iran at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, even as U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held indirect talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi through mediators.
- The seven-month conflict, launched by Trump and Israel in February as "Operation Epic Fury," has disrupted global energy supplies and spread regionally, unraveling a June agreement that had aimed to lift sanctions in exchange for nuclear limits.
- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said Tehran conveyed conditions through a Qatari mediator, including an end to the war, though the diplomatic contact sparked backlash from Iranian media, with Tasnim calling the engagement "a major gift to Trump."
- While indirect diplomacy helped keep Brent crude around $100 a barrel, Iran threatened to disrupt airports in neighboring countries if they comply with new United States sanctions intended to ground Iranian civilian aircraft worldwide.
- Despite near-daily attacks, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has increased in recent weeks, yet one-third of Gulf oil remains missing from global supplies, causing inflation and hurting Republicans amid the ongoing regional crisis.
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Iranian President Changed UN Speech After Trump Spoke
Iran's leader on Wednesday said he scrapped his planned UN marks after hearing President Trump threats to "annihilate" his country the day prior, the Washington Post reports. In an address to the UN General Assembly, President Masoud Pezeshkian helped up photos of children kidnapped in a school strike in south...
Iran’s Pezeshkian accuses Trump of ‘bullying mentality’, vows no surrender
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused US President Donald Trump of a “bullying mentality” at the United Nations on Wednesday, saying Iran would not surrender in the war with the US but remained open to diplomacy to end the conflict. In a wartime address to the 193-member UN General Assembly, Pezeshkian said threats would only harden Iran’s resolve, rejecting Trump’s warning that he could annihilate Iran if no deal were reached. “The remar…
US President Trump threatens Iran before the UN with the "Hell" Tehran defends itself and sees itself as "victims of terrorism". In New York, however, there are also talks between the warring parties.
Iran’s President Gives Defiant Speech at UN
“Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian spoke before the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, even as his country remains at war with the United States and a day after President Donald Trump threatened in a speech before the same body to ‘annihilate’ Iran,” the Washington Post reports. Said Pezeshkian: “Iran must be powerful so […]
Pezeshkian says Iran won’t surrender, after Trump’s annihilation threat
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a speech at the UN on Wednesday that Tehran would never surrender to the US but still believes in diplomacy, a day after President Donald Trump used the same forum to threaten to “annihilate” Iran. The duelling speeches at the annual UN General Assembly in New York bookended the […]
Iranian President speaks at UN: Tehran seeking nuclear energy, not a bomb
President Pezeshkian added that Iran 'has never started a war, and has always shown her commitment to the negotiating table,' following Trump's threats that the U.S. will 'annihilate' Iran if it doesn't agree to a deal
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