# Iran’s president responds to Trump’s threats to “annihilate” the Islamic Republic

https://mins.news/en/video/71177

- Global News, 2026-09-23 19:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujLef8S6ieA

> Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has answered Donald Trump’s threat to “annihilate” Iran if no peace deal is reached. Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Pezeshkian said Trump had called Iranians terrorists even though, he argued, Iran had been the victim of terrorism, and displayed images of children he said were killed by U.S. weapons.

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