Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran if no deal to end the war

US President Donald Trump has warned that his country could annihilate Iran if there is no deal to end the war.

Trump also stated that an agreement could be near  amid a diplomatic push at the United Nations.

“I have a big decision to make,” Trump said in a speech at the UN General Assembly in New York.

“Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before?… Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again?”

Responding to Trumps threats, Iran’s Armed Forces in a statement on Tuesday, dismissed Trump’s comments at the UN as “propaganda”, saying their response is “full readiness to inflict more severe, crushing, and unpredictable blows on the aggressors.”

Meanwhile, discussions continued to try to end the nearly seven-month conflict that began with joint US-Israeli strikes and has since killed thousands, driven up oil prices and dragged in neighboring countries.

US envoy Steve Witkoff in a post on X said that the United States and Iran engaged in lengthy talks on Tuesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly through mediators “who shuttled between the two sides throughout the day”.

The mediators will continue their work, Witkoff added, saying that he hoped Tuesday’s discussions would “prove constructive and promising.”