“I believe we’ll make a deal right after the election,” Trump said in his UN speech.
Iran has hit back at US President Donald Trump’s threat to “annihilate” the Islamic Republic, accusing Washington of showing strategic desperation rather than strength as tensions between the two countries remain high. In a statement issued after Trump’s address to the United Nations General Assembly, Iran’s Armed Forces said the US president’s repeated threats were aimed more at domestic political messaging than reflecting the situation on the ground. The statement was issued by the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces and the Khatam al-Anbya Central Headquarters, according to Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency. Iranian military authorities said Trump’s remarks showed the difficulties facing the US in its confrontation with Iran. Iran, it said, had instead acted as a stabilising force for regional security and international trade. The Iranian military further said Trump’s words would not change the balance of power or reverse what it described as US setbacks in the conflict.
They argued that repeated threats were not evidence of American strength, but reflected what they described as exhaustion within the US military. The statement also accused the US of creating instability in West Asia through its military presence in the region. It accused Washington of trying to compensate for what it described as repeated failures against Iran and the Resistance Front.