After Trump threatened to “annihilate” Iran’s Islamic Republic at the UN, US-Iran negotiators held mediated talks—the first known in months. Marco Rubio said they shared ideas; Trump says a deal remains possible but is weighing renewed military action and sanctions.
Iran’s president, speaking at the UN after Trump, said Iran would not bow and criticized his annihilation remarks. Rubio responded by accusing Iran of killing thousands of its own people during protests and backing violent proxy groups in the Middle East.
Trump repeated that US munitions were not running low, though correspondent Francesca Chambers said the US had stopped sending Patriot interceptors to Ukraine, which was short on air-defense systems. Zelenskyy asked for US licenses to produce the interceptors, but none had been granted.
