At the United Nations General Assembly, Donald Trump stood before the world and delivered a speech that held annihilation and negotiation in the same breath — threatening to destroy Iran while suggesting a deal might follow America's midterm elections. The Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guards answered not with diplomacy but with a declaration that their language with enemies is spoken only through arms. In the chambers where nations gather to seek peace, the distance between war and agreement has rarely felt so vast, yet so contingent on the calendars of domestic politics.
Trump threatens Iran with annihilation as he signals post-election deal talks
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