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Iran-US war latest: Iranian president hits out at ‘bully’ Trump but says Tehran is ready for dialogue

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Masoud Pezeshkian showed images of girls at the school in Minab, dozens of whom were killed in a strike on the first day of the war

What the coverage shows

Coverage converges on the exchange of threats and defiance at the U.N., with multiple outlets foregrounding Trump’s “annihilate” line and Iran’s pushback. CBS News, BBC News, The Guardian US and ABC News center Pezeshkian’s response, while Reuters, PBS NewsHour and CBS also note sidelined diplomacy or meetings between U.S. and Iranian officials. A separate cluster, led by NBC News, Axios, Reuters, CBS News, BBC News and the South China Morning Post, shifts to Trump’s rare tarmac welcome for Xi and the wider Trump-Xi summit.

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How it broke

21 Sep 04:46 NBC News U.S. proposes AI alert system with China ahead of Trump-Xi summit
21 Sep 11:38 NBC News Tehran warns of ‘new weapons’ as Trump weighs meeting with Iranian president
22 Sep 09:00 NBC News Trump tells U.N. he could ‘annihilate’ Iran but expects a deal after the midterm elections
22 Sep 15:30 Los Angeles Times Trump, addressing U.N., threatens to 'annihilate' Iran if war continues
22 Sep 16:16 The Guardian US Donald Trump says he could 'annihilate Iran' if no deal is reached – video
22 Sep 17:00 Breaking Points Trump BENDS THE KNEE To China Ahead Of High Stakes Summit
22 Sep 18:23 The Guardian US Trump’s threat to annihilate Iran to UN general assembly is stunning, even for him
22 Sep 20:59 Washington Post Trump warns U.N. he might ‘annihilate’ Iran as war overshadows diplomacy
22 Sep 23:34 CBS News Trump uses U.N. speech to openly muse about attacking Iran
22 Sep 23:38 CBS News In U.N. speech, Trump threatens to "annihilate" Iran and defends foreign policy
23 Sep 06:33 CBS News Iran's president in N.Y. as Trump weighs cutting deal or driving Iran "into hell"
23 Sep 13:22 CBS News Key takeaways from Trump's day at the U.N. General Assembly
23 Sep 14:32 Democracy Now! "New Low in U.N. History": Trita Parsi on Trump's Threat to Annihilate Iran at General Assembly
23 Sep 15:49 France 24 Iran will 'never bend at the knee', Pezeshkian tells UN in defiant wartime address
23 Sep 16:03 Breaking Points Trump THREATENS ANNIHILATION Of Iran In UNHINGED U.N. Speech
23 Sep 16:44 The Guardian US Iran’s president hits out at ‘bully’ Trump in UN speech but signals willingness to talk
23 Sep 18:15 BBC News Iran's president tells Trump it will never 'bend the knee'
23 Sep 20:01 BBC News Iran's president tells Donald Trump his country will never 'bend the knee' | BBC News
23 Sep 20:30 The Hill Trump THREATENS Iran annihilation (Plus: El-Sayed CONFRONTS reporter) | RISING
23 Sep 20:54 France 24 Fact-checking Trump’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly
23 Sep 21:21 The Hill LIVE: United Nations General Assembly 2026 Day 2; Iran's Pezeshkian, Zelensky, Rodriguez to speak
23 Sep 21:46 South China Morning Post Xi lands in US for high-stakes summit with Trump amid deep tensions
23 Sep 22:13 Axios Trump greets Xi on tarmac in rare gesture
23 Sep 22:21 PBS NewsHour At UN General Assembly, Iran's president responds to Trump's 'annihilation' threat
23 Sep 22:35 The Hill Trump welcomes Xi for state visit with rare tarmac greeting at Joint Base Andrews
23 Sep 22:36 Reuters LIVE: President Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi to US
23 Sep 22:41 BBC News President Xi greeted by Donald Trump as he rolls out red carpet for Chinese leader | BBC News
23 Sep 22:42 Reuters LIVE: President Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi to US
23 Sep 22:49 NBC News Trump hosts China’s leader at high-stakes summit
23 Sep 23:30 The Guardian US Trump greets Xi Jinping on arrival in rare move as US-China trade truce extended
23 Sep 23:32 CBS News Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping for state visit as tensions build over AI, Iran
23 Sep 23:34 Reuters Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to the US
24 Sep 00:04 Reuters LIVE: World leaders address the UN General Assembly
24 Sep 00:18 60 Minutes Examining China-Iran relations amid Trump-Xi summit
24 Sep 00:43 Al Jazeera China’s Xi visits US as Trump bets on stabilising global relations
24 Sep 01:36 Reuters LIVE: World leaders address the UN General Assembly
24 Sep 01:40 Associated Press LIVE: World leaders speak at UN General Assembly 2026 (Day 2)
24 Sep 01:45 Reuters LIVE: World leaders address the UN General Assembly
24 Sep 01:52 ABC News Trump greets China's President Xi Jinping for high-stakes summit
24 Sep 01:53 PBS NewsHour WATCH LIVE: Day 2 of the 2026 United Nations General Assembly
24 Sep 01:54 CBS News Trump rolls out the red carpet for Xi despite U.S.-China tensions
24 Sep 02:45 ABC News Iran’s president at UN responds to Trump’s threat as tensions escalate
24 Sep 03:37 South China Morning Post Big picture or big deals? What the Xi-Trump summit holds for China and the US
24 Sep 05:17 CBS News Iran's president calls U.S. attacks "cowardly" as Trump threatens annihilation
24 Sep 07:18 The Independent Iran-US war latest: Iranian president hits out at ‘bully’ Trump but says Tehran is ready for dialogue

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