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Trump’s threat to annihilate Iran to UN general assembly is stunning, even for him

22 Sep 2026, 18:23 GMT By Robert Tait in Washington
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Article Trump’s threat to annihilate Iran to UN general assembly is stunning, even for him
Credit: Robert Tait in Washington

US president may have upstaged the ghost of Soviet leader Khrushchev by musing destruction of fellow member state Donald Trump has a habit of discomfiting delegates to the United Nations general assembly. But this year, he may have upstaged the ghost of Nikita Khrushchev by openly contemplating the annihilation of a fellow UN member state. Eleven minutes into a 40-minute address, the US president announced he had “a big decision to make” over Iran, which has staged a much more determined resistance than Trump anticipated when he decided to go to war against the country in February. Continue reading...