At the United Nations in New York, President Trump placed before Iran a choice as old as statecraft itself: the path of negotiation or the path of annihilation. Even as he spoke those words from the General Assembly podium, his envoys were already in quiet rooms with Iranian intermediaries, searching for a third way. Iranian President Pezeshkian arrived on American soil for the first time since the war began, carrying both defiance and a conditional offer — the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz — suggesting that beneath the ultimatums, both sides may still be listening for an exit.
Trump Weighs Iran Deal or Military Action as Pezeshkian Arrives at UN
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