Donald Trump said that US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff held a productive meeting with Iranian officials — just hours after threatening to “annihilate” the Middle Eastern nation.
asserted
envoys → say → nation
“It was a meeting that lasted for three hours”, the US president told reporters Tuesday while in New York City for the United Nations General Assembly.
asserted
president → last → Assembly
“Very good meeting”, Trump added.
asserted
Trump → add → meeting
“I can't imagine why they wouldn't want to.
asserted
they → imagine → ?
Earlier on Tuesday, the 80-year-old Republican delivered a combative speech at the UN, during which he said he could “annihilate” the Iranian government and “drive them into hell” if a peace deal is not reached.
uncertain
deal → deliver → hell
He said that Tehran is now “weak and desperate”, adding: “Iran will never have a nuclear weapon”.
asserted
Iran → say → weapon
The Iranian delegation is reported to have walked out of the meeting upon hearing the threats, according to The Independent’s White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg.
uncertain
delegation → report → correspondent
Meanwhile, Iran has said it is willing to reopen the beleaguered Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the US lifts military pressure and the blockade on Iranian ports, a senior Iranian official told Reuters Tuesday.
asserted
official → say → Reuters
JD Vance questioned over Republicans breaking with Trump over Iran war
US Vice President JD Vance has said people are “very excited” about his administration’s handling of the Iran war, despite Republican candidates in the midterm election breaking with Donald Trump over the issue.
asserted
candidates → question → issue
A reporter asked Vance for a response “about a growing number of Republicans in battleground states, calling for an end to the Iran war”.
asserted
reporter → ask → war
“I haven't seen what you're talking about”, Vance said during a press conference Tuesday.
asserted
Vance → see → conference
“What I've seen is people who are very excited about what we've done.
asserted
we → see → what
And, frankly, who don’t want to give control of Washington, D.C., over to the far-left Democrats”.
asserted
who → want → Democrats
Bernie Sanders says Trump's threat to 'annihilate' Iran would be a war crime
US senator Bernie Sanders has said that annihilating the population of Iran, as threatened by president Donald Trump, would amount to a war crime and an act of barbarism that the United States must never be associated with.
Writing on social media
asserted
States → say → media
, Mr Sanders said: "No, Mr President.
asserted
Sanders → say → ?
We should not 'annihilate' the people of Iran.
asserted
We → annihilate → Iran
And it is something the United States must never be associated with."
asserted
States → associate → ?
Mr Sanders described the current conflict with Iran as "illegal and unconstitutional" and called on Congress to act immediately to bring it to an end.
asserted
Sanders → describe → end
Trump-fueled gas prices, his ‘forever’ war and all those tariffs give Democrats a real shot at stealing this deep-red state
On Monday, US Rep. Ashley Hinson, Donald Trump’s endorsed nominee in Iowa’s Senate race, made a public break from the president, calling for an end to the Iran war.
asserted
Hinson → fuel → war
That was surprising considering that just last week, before Speaker Mike Johnson dismissed the House of Representatives a day early, Hinson voted against a War Powers Act resolution to rein in Trump’s war.
asserted
Hinson → consider → war
This came despite two of her Iowa Republican colleagues running for re-election — Reps. Zach Nunn and Mariannette Miller-Meeks — voting for the resolution.
asserted
two → come → resolution
On Tuesday, Republicans’ reasons for breaking with the US president on Iran became clear.
asserted
reasons → break → Iran
Marist University released a poll showing Josh Turek, the Paralympian-turned Democratic nominee for Senate, besting Hinson by eight points.
asserted
Turek → release → points
Lest anyone think that poll is an outlier, a YouGov poll showed Turek with a one-point lead in Iowa.
asserted
poll → think → Iowa
All of this seems to show that Iowa, which has undergone a political transformation in the past 15 years to become a staunchly Republican state, is prime for a Democratic takeover.
asserted
which → seem → takeover
Iran says it presented conditions to US through Qatari mediatorI
asserted
it → say → mediatorI
Iran engaged with the United States through a Qatari mediator in New York and conveyed its conditions for peace, including an end to the fighting on all fronts and a halt to American "acts of aggression", Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told state news agency IRNA.
asserted
Baghaei → engage → agency
Baghaei said Iran's conditions also included an end to the naval blockade and economic warfare, and the release of Iranian assets.
asserted
conditions → say → assets
Full story: Devastating news for Trump as poll shows how Americans really feel about Iran war
US President Donald Trump’s conflict with Iran continues to grow increasingly unpopular, shattering what was previously thought to be the barrier to how the president’s ratings could go, new polling suggests.
uncertain
polling → show → Iran
While Trump’s own general approval rating has held steady in the 30s, disapproval of the war in Iran continues to grow, threatening Republican midterm prospects and the president’s own political capital going forward.
asserted
disapproval → hold → prospects
A CNN/SRSS poll released Tuesday found that just about one in four Americans approve of the administration’s handling of the war in Iran, compared to nearly three quarters who disapprove.
asserted
who → release → quarters
The president spoke about the war Tuesday as he railed against Iran at the United Nations General Assembly, threatening to “annihilate” the country and making a claim that Tehran was waiting to see how the midterm congressional elections turned out before returning to the table.
uncertain
elections → speak → table
US envoy says he hopes talks with Iranian delegation 'prove constructive and promising'
asserted
talks → say → delegation
US envoy Steve Witkoff has said he hopes talks with the Iranian delegation on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday “prove constructive and promising”.
asserted
talks → say → Assembly
Exiled Iranian crown prince says there's no peace under current regime
Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has warned that there's no peace under the current regime.
“As long as this regime continues to exist, peace cannot be attained”, Pahlavi told Fox News.
asserted
Pahlavi → say → News
Pahlavi said the Iranian regime’s “only means of survival is to repress its people at home and use any means at their disposal to bully the world”.
asserted
means → say → world
When the US and Israel began striking Iran nearly seven months ago, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed.
asserted
Khamenei → begin → Iran
Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran’s late supreme leader, replaced his father.
asserted
Khamenei → replace → father
Mark Carney defends Trump's comments about destroying Iran
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has defended Donald Trump’s comments about destroying Iran.
When asked by a reporter at the United Nations about the US president’s rhetoric toward Iran, Carney said, “Well, there is a war underway, and he's speaking the language of war”.
asserted
he → defend → war
But he also called for peace, telling reporters, “The important thing is to try and work consistently under international law to resolve this situation”.
asserted
thing → call → situation
The Aporia
