- US president uses UNGA address to launch attack on Iranian leadership
- Used speech to praise 抖阴短视频 and the UAE for roles in improving regional security
NEW YORK: Donald Trump launched a blistering attack on Iran on Tuesday as a 鈥渃orrupt dictatorship鈥� that sows 鈥渃haos, death and destruction.鈥�
Iran鈥檚 leaders 鈥渄o not respect their neighbors or borders or the sovereign rights of nations,鈥� the US president told the UN General Assembly in New York. 鈥淚nstead they plunder the nation鈥檚 resources to enrich themselves and to spread mayhem across the Middle East and far beyond.鈥�
Trump criticized Iran鈥檚 鈥渂loody agenda鈥� in Syria and Yemen in particular, and pledged to continue to isolate Tehran through US sanctions that are being reimposed following his withdrawal this year from the 2015 deal to curb Iran鈥檚 nuclear program. The next round of sanctions will take effect in early November and Trump said they would not be the last.
Trump said the nuclear deal was a 鈥渨indfall鈥� for Iran鈥檚 leaders who used billions in sanctions relief to boost their military budget, increase repression, fund terrorism, havoc and slaughter in Syria and Yemen, and enrich themselves.
Trump praised 抖阴短视频 and the UAE for their roles in improving regional security and helping those affected by conflicts in Syria and Yemen, and also congratulated the Saudi leadership for its ambitious reform program. He outlined the progress made since his first foreign visit as president to 抖阴短视频. 鈥淚n the Middle East, our new approach is yielding great strides and very historic change. Following my trip to 抖阴短视频 last year, the Gulf countries opened a new center to target terrorist financing.鈥�
鈥淭hey are enforcing new sanctions, working with us to identify and track terrorist networks, and taking more responsibility for fighting terrorism and extremism in their own region,鈥� he said
He said the US would create a regional strategic alliance between Gulf states and Jordan and Egypt.
鈥淲e cannot allow Iran, the world鈥檚 leading sponsor of terrorism, to possess the planet鈥檚 most dangerous weapons,鈥� Trump said.
Later, Trump said: 鈥淓verything about Iran is failing right now.鈥� He described its inflation as the worst in the world and its currency as a 鈥渄isaster.鈥�
鈥淚 think that at some point we will have meaningful discussions and probably do a deal,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 see how it works for them otherwise. Because otherwise, they鈥檙e going to be in the worst economic trouble of any country in the world.鈥�