# Trump calls Iran’s possible annihilation a ‘possibility’

https://mins.news/en/item/81793

- TASS, 2026-10-01 12:29 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2195661

> President Donald Trump said the US could destroy Iran because he believes peace with Tehran is impossible. He claimed that annihilating Iran would create peace in the world. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran rejects coercion and threats and will not surrender its sovereign rights under pressure.

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