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Pezeshkian says Iran won't surrender, after Trump's annihilation threat

Global Published 23 September 2026, 21:03 · archived 23 Sep 2026

UNITED NATIONS/DUBAI: 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 book ended the first shuttle talks between the United States and Iran for months, which appeared to have yielded no concessions in the public stance of either side towards ending the Middle East war. In his speech, Pezeshkian defended Iran’s military actions as defens...

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