The president of Iran told the United Nations General Assembly his country won't bend to U.S. intimidation. Masoud Pezeshkian spoke one day after President Trump threatened to escalate the war from the same stage. On the sidelines, U.S. and Iranian officials signaled no breakthroughs in mediated talks. Nick Schifrin reports.
The annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly opened this week in New York City. On its opening day, President Trump in his address to all 193 U.N. member states threatened to annihilate Iran. “This is probably a new low in U.N. history,” says Trita Parsi of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, joining us in our New York City studio…
Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran and ‘drive them into Hell’ if there isn’t a deal, while also underscoring US policy on Cuba, Mexico, Greenland and AISign up for US Breaking News emailsTrump is arriving at the UN HQ right now.After very brief doorstep comments – almost exclusively mocking CNN - he answers a reporter’s very loud question by saying his…
Trump told reporters that U.S. and Iranian officials held a meeting at the U.N. General Assembly as he weighed whether he should “annihilate” the country. NBC News White House correspondent Monica Alba, NBC News chief international correspondent Keir Simmons and Elise Labott, host of the Cosmopolitics podcast join Meet the Press NOW to discuss the…
President Trump threatened the annihilation of Iran if its leaders refuse to strike a deal and framed the U.S. as conquerors of Venezuela, while promoting himself as a problem solver in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. “To the victor go the spoils,” Trump told the crowd, touting…
The Islamic Republic of Iran is casting itself as an unwilling martyr against the “chaos of power” playing out in the Middle East, warning President Donald Trump that it will “never bend the knee.” President Masoud Pezeshkian opened his address at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Wednesday with a series of photos…
Iran offered Tuesday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the United States eases military pressure and lifts its blockade on Iranian ports, hours…
