Trump threatens to "annihilate" Iran at the UN, then announces talks have resumed

South Africa

3 SOURCES

Emphasis on the Resumption of Dialogue · 6 of 32 countries

Pretoria is deciphering the huge gap between the threat to "annihilate" Iran made from the UN podium and the resumption of dialogue announced afterwards, as well as the departure of the Iranian delegation during the speech.

Germany

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3 SOURCES

Electoral Interpretation of the Pivot · 12 of 32 countries

Berlin is deciphering Trump's double talk as an electoral calculation: threatening Iran with "hell" from the UN podium while putting off any agreement until after the November 3 midterms, at a time when his approval rating is at an all-time low.

Argentina

2 SOURCES

Economic and Logistical Interpretation of the Gulf · 7 of 32 countries

Buenos Aires is separating the rhetoric from market calculations: the Argentine press is mainly noting the drop in the barrel price after the announcement of a US-Iranian meeting in New York.

Australia

6 SOURCES

Electoral Interpretation of the Pivot · 12 of 32 countries

Canberra sees the postponement of an Iranian agreement after the midterms as an electoral calculation made by Washington, at the very moment when Trump rejects the global pact on artificial intelligence that Australia has just cosigned.

Bangladesh

2 SOURCES

Economic and Logistical Interpretation of the Gulf · 7 of 32 countries

Dhaka is measuring the economic impact of Trump's big U-turn at the UN: the promise to reopen the Strait of Hormuz carries more weight, for an oil-importing economy, than the threat to "annihilate" Iran.

Belgium

3 SOURCES

Critical Distance from American Discourse · 7 of 32 countries

Brussels sees in Trump's about-face between the threat of annihilation and resuming dialogue with Tehran the proof of an erratic American diplomacy, coddling authoritarian regimes while brandishing the annihilation of a UN member state.

Brazil

4 SOURCES

Electoral Interpretation of the Pivot · 12 of 32 countries

Brasília interprets Trump's sequence of threat followed by dialogue on Iran as an electoral calculation, noting that he is putting off any agreement until the November midterms while Lula and he take their respective campaigns to the same UN platform.

Canada

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5 SOURCES

Critical Distance from American Discourse · 7 of 32 countries

Ottawa is separating the threat made against Iran from the diplomatic maneuver that followed, and is primarily focused on the fact that its own Prime Minister was defending multilateralism from the same podium that Trump is trying to undermine.

China

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2 SOURCES

Economic and Logistical Interpretation of the Gulf · 7 of 32 countries

Beijing is watching the decline in traffic in the Strait of Ormuz more than the rhetoric, seeing it as a concrete indicator of the outcome of the negotiations between Washington and Tehran.

South Korea

3 SOURCES

Electoral Interpretation of the Pivot · 12 of 32 countries

Seoul first notes the absence of any North Korean mention in Trump's UN speech, and reads the November midterm election clock as the real determinant of the tempo, for both Iran and its own $200 billion investment negotiations.

Ecuador

2 SOURCES

Critical Distance from American Discourse · 7 of 32 countries

Quito takes away from the New York platform less the threat to Tehran than the warning launched at Latin America, a region that Ecuador is a part of and that Washington is openly putting in its military crosshairs.

Spain

5 SOURCES

Critical Distance from American Discourse · 7 of 32 countries

Madrid is questioning the credibility of the threat of "annihilation", when Pedro Sánchez judges Trump's speech "not backed by facts and data" and dodges his reception at the UN.

United States

3 SOURCES

Electoral Interpretation of the Pivot · 12 of 32 countries

The United States government measures this double message against the electoral calendar: the threat to "annihilate" Iran gives way, in a matter of minutes, to the announcement of a postponed agreement after the midterms on November 3.

Finland

2 SOURCES

Economic and Logistical Interpretation of the Gulf · 7 of 32 countries

Helsinki is gauging the gap between the threat to "annihilate" Iran made at the UN and a Finnish military calculation, the behind-the-scenes of which are being retraced by the local press: a strike prepared against the Houthis in Yemen, suspended at the last minute.

France

5 SOURCES

Electoral Interpretation of the Pivot · 12 of 32 countries

Paris is deciphering a calendar that is above all electoral: the threat made to Iran puts off any agreement until after the November midterms, a deadline that the French press reads as a sign of a weakened presidency in public opinion.

India

2 SOURCES

Electoral Interpretation of the Pivot · 12 of 32 countries

New Delhi is deciphering the huge gap between the threat of annihilation made from the UN podium and the subsequent opening for a meeting with Iranian officials in New York.

Indonesia

2 SOURCES

Emphasis on the Resumption of Dialogue · 6 of 32 countries

Jakarta is first measuring the threat to "annihilate" Iran made by Trump at the UN, before the announced resumption of dialogue with Tehran.

Iran

2 SOURCES

Critical Distance from American Discourse · 7 of 32 countries

Tehran denounces Trump's threat as an admission of American "strategic despair", while confirming the resumption of talks on the Strait of Hormuz and warning of harsher strikes in the event of aggression.

Israel

2 SOURCES

Critical Distance from American Discourse · 7 of 32 countries

Jerusalem is particularly noting the absence: while Washington threatens to "annihilate" Iran and then re-engages with Tehran, Netanyahu will have neither a tête-à-tête with Trump nor a Texas stop with Elon Musk at the UN.

Italy

2 SOURCES

Electoral Interpretation of the Pivot · 12 of 32 countries

Rome is particularly focused on the electoral dimension of Trump's speech, where the ultimatum issued to Iran serves as a backdrop for a promise of a deal postponed until after the midterms.

Lithuania

2 SOURCES

Economic and Logistical Interpretation of the Gulf · 7 of 32 countries

Vilnius is gauging the sequence in terms of the barrel: the promise of a Washington-Tehran dialogue has driven Brent below $100, more so than the threat to "annihilate" Iran made at the UN.

Mexico

4 SOURCES

Critical Distance from American Discourse · 7 of 32 countries

Mexico City distinguishes the charge brought against the cartels from the Iranian aspect of Trump's speech at the UN, and entrusts the Senate with the task of relativizing its scope.

Nepal

2 SOURCES

Economic and Logistical Interpretation of the Gulf · 7 of 32 countries

Kathmandu is particularly concerned about the slump in oil prices following the announcement of talks, which is more damaging to its import-based economy than the verbal threats against Tehran.

Pakistan

4 SOURCES

Electoral Interpretation of the Pivot · 12 of 32 countries

Islamabad is gauging both flattery and risk: Donald Trump praised Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as a "formidable man" at the UN podium, just before threatening to "annihilate" Iran, Pakistan's direct neighbour via Balochistan.

Peru

3 SOURCES

Economic and Logistical Interpretation of the Gulf · 7 of 32 countries

Lima is more focused on the slump in oil prices following the announcement of a US-Iranian meeting in New York, than on the threat to "annihilate" Iran made by Trump at the UN podium.

Qatar

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2 SOURCES

Emphasis on the Resumption of Dialogue · 6 of 32 countries

Doha warns that the Gulf is experiencing one of its most dangerous phases since the start of the American-Israeli war against Iran, while welcoming the resumption of dialogue announced by Washington.

United Kingdom

4 SOURCES

Electoral Interpretation of the Pivot · 12 of 32 countries

London is interpreting the threat of "annihilation" made by Trump at the UN as a speech intended more for the midterms than for Tehran, with the British press emphasizing that the promised agreement is not expected until after the November vote.

Russia

STATE MEDIA

2 SOURCES

Electoral Interpretation of the Pivot · 12 of 32 countries

Moscow is deciphering the huge gap between the threat of "annihilation" made by Trump at the UN podium and the admission, on the same day, that no agreement with Tehran is expected before the US midterm elections, a sequence seen as primarily calibrated for domestic opinion.

Sweden

3 SOURCES

Electoral Interpretation of the Pivot · 12 of 32 countries

Stockholm sees the postponement of the "major decision" on Iran as an electoral calculation, with the Swedish press linking the UN ultimatum to the November midterm elections, which are weakening Trump's Republican camp.

Turkey

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2 SOURCES

Emphasis on the Resumption of Dialogue · 6 of 32 countries

Ankara is separating the threat of annihilation made from the UN podium from the diplomatic breakthrough that followed: the Turkish press is mainly focusing on the conditions set by Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Ukraine

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2 SOURCES

Emphasis on the Resumption of Dialogue · 6 of 32 countries

Kyiv takes away from the threat-then-dialogue sequence with Iran a pattern it hopes to see repeated on its own Russian dossier, carried by the same emissaries Witkoff and Kushner.

Venezuela

3 SOURCES

Emphasis on the Resumption of Dialogue · 6 of 32 countries

Caracas gauges the word "annihilate" by its own fate: a few months after claiming the military capture of Nicolás Maduro, Washington wields the same determination against Iran, a warning that Venezuela reads as valid for all of Latin America.