Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran in UN speech as officials meet on sidelines

Trump threatens to'annihilate' Iran in UN speech as officials meet on sidelines To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Figure caption, Watch: Trump threatens to'annihilate' Iran if no deal reached President Donald Trump has told the United Nations General Assembly he faces a big decision on whether to strike Iran again or pursue a peace deal. A single member of Iran's delegation watched on during the president's speech on Tuesday in New York, in which he said he could annihilate the Islamic Republic if the conflict went unresolved. Before a standing-room-only audience, Trump also rejected global government, vowed to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine and ensure the US wins the artificial intelligence race. His comments came on a day of high-level diplomacy.