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Iran, AI and the ICC: Trump makes threats, touts policies at UN General Assembly

Cover image: US President Donald Trump leaves after addressing the 81st United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 22, 2026. © Shannon Stapleton, Reuters

US President Donald Trump launched a full-throated defence of the deeply unpopular US-Israeli war against Iran before the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, claiming that Washington would reach a deal with Tehran after the upcoming US midterm elections. Trump also rejected the idea of global regulation of artificial intelligence, said the government of Cuba would soon "fall", and urged member countries of the International Criminal Court to "resign".

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was deciding whether to make a deal with Iran or "annihilate" the country in a bombastic 37-minute speech to the United Nations that appeared tailored to war-weary American voters.

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