Trump threatens to "annihilate" Iran at the UN, then announces talks have resumed
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South KoreaSeoul 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.
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IranTehran 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.
- South Korea
Based on the official South Korean account
the Lee-Trump summit is restated through the briefing of the national security adviser, with no independent American confirmation cited.
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IranSecurity
the central general staff's statement describes Trump's threats as a sign of "strategic desperation" and announces retaliatory strikes, without taking up the agreement proposal announced by Washington on the same day.
- South Korea
this perspective does not carry this information
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Iran onlyIranReliance on official channels
the report of the Araghchi-Witkoff meeting is based on Iranian state television as the source of the Iranian version of the exchanges.