Trump Meets Gulf Leaders at 81st UN as Iran War Nears 8th Month
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Updated · WPVI-TV · Sep 22
Trump Meets Gulf Leaders at 81st UN as Iran War Nears 8th Month
3 articles · Updated · WPVI-TV · Sep 22
Summary
Tuesday’s UN meetings will put Trump face-to-face with Gulf leaders hit by the Iran war’s economic fallout, alongside his address to the 81st General Assembly in New York.
Eight months into a conflict Trump once said could last four to six weeks, the talks are expected to center on oil-market strain and attacks on shipping routes including the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb.
Top Iranian officials, including President Masoud Pezeshkian, are expected at the assembly, but U.S. officials say Trump has no plans to meet them.
The trip also includes meetings with Emmanuel Macron, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Japan’s Sanae Takaichi and Venezuela’s Delcy Rodriguez, plus a planned security deal signing with Denmark and Greenland.
The diplomacy unfolds as the UN says there are reasonable grounds to believe two U.S. strikes in Iran caused civilian casualties; the State Department rejected the report as lacking credibility.