Iran Envoy Darzi Says Trump Threatened Annihilation in UNGA Remarks

UNGA annihilation threat

Iran’s envoy Gholam Hossein Darzi told UN Secretary-General António Guterres and President of the UN Security Council Jérôme Bonnafont that Donald Trump’s UN General Assembly remarks amounted to “an explicit existential threat made by the President of the United States against the Islamic Republic of Iran.” Darzi said Trump “openly threatened the annihilation of Iran” in his address to the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 22, and Darzi argued the General Assembly is “not a venue for threats of annihilation.” Darzi also cited earlier Trump threats, including that on 22 March 2026 Trump threatened the U.S. would “hit and obliterate” Iranian power plants, and on 6 April 2026 Trump said “the entire country can be taken out in one night.”

Darzi concluded that the Islamic Republic of Iran “reserves its full and unimpeachable right to self-defense against any further aggression,” while also reserving a right to pursue accountability for losses and damages. The Iranian letter framed the issue as a matter for the UN Charter, saying “The Charter could not be more explicit in the need to denounce such threats.”

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Hormuz deal rejected

Donald Trump rejected Iran’s seven-day proposal for the Strait of Hormuz, telling reporters outside the White House on September 26, “I reject their proposal.”

Trump said Iran wanted a deal because “They want to strike a deal that would open the strait immediately because they are losing very badly.”

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran had noted the initial response but “had not yet received an official reply through intermediaries,” and Araghchi added, “No solution can help them get out of this quagmire except through negotiation. This is our position.”

Araghchi said Tehran’s terms were set and that any step to reopen the Strait of Hormuz depended on whether those conditions were met, while the proposal envisioned reopening and normal maritime activity within seven days.

Masoud Pezeshkian told CBS News that the “operation will begin on the very day they agree to it,” and the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, “Iran did not withdraw from the negotiation table, but because of past experiences, it no longer trusts the United States.”

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Pezeshkian at UNGA

Masoud Pezeshkian told the 81st UN General Assembly that war had been “imposed” on the Islamic Republic and that Iran would never stop defending itself or “shy away from negotiations to achieve peace.”

Pezeshkian said, “Yesterday, the US president said that Iran is a terrorist. We are victims of terrorism,” and he held up examples including “Look at the children of Minab, children who were bombed and killed.”

Pezeshkian also linked the UN theme to his argument about standards, saying, “Trust is not built by words. It requires us to avoid double standards.”

Pezeshkian warned that “If trust between nations is lost, even the strongest armies will be unable to create lasting security,” and he added, “Either we will build security together, or we will endure insecurity together.”

In parallel, the Iranian envoy Darzi had earlier told the UN that the Islamic Republic “reserves its full and unimpeachable right to self-defense against any further aggression,” tying the UN dispute to the right of defense and accountability for losses and damages.

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