{"id":34894,"date":"2017-09-21T03:48:06","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T03:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/09\/21\/iranian-president-trumps-un-comments-ignorant-absurd\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:46:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:46:43","slug":"iranian-president-trumps-un-comments-ignorant-absurd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/21\/iranian-president-trumps-un-comments-ignorant-absurd\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian president: Trump&#8217;s UN comments &#8216;ignorant, absurd&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UNITED NATIONS \u2014 Iran\u2019s president warned Wednesday that his country will \u201crespond decisively\u201d to any violation of the agreement that reins in its nuclear program and called President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cignorant, absurd and hateful rhetoric\u201d about Iran unfit for the United Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In remarks clearly directed at Trump\u2019s 8-month-old administration, Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani told the U.N. General Assembly: \u201cIt will be a great pity if this agreement were to be destroyed by rogue newcomers to the world of politics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe world will have lost a great opportunity, but such unfortunate behavior will never impede Iran\u2019s course of progress and advancement,\u201d Rouhani said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As he spoke to the assembly, other nations began signing the first treaty to ban nuclear weapons, a pact spurned by nuclear powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/09\/20\/over-40-nations-ink-nuclear-ban-treaty-opposed-by-big-powers\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17262768718210.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">50 nations ink UN nuclear ban treaty opposed by big powers<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Fifty countries on Wednesday signed a treaty to ban nuclear weapons, a pact that the world\u2019s nuclear powers spurned but supporters hailed as a historic agreement nonetheless.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fifty states put their names on the nuclear weapons pact by the end of the day. Guyana, the Vatican and Thailand also have already ratified the treaty, which would take effect if 50 nations take that step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.N. Security Council, meanwhile, approved a resolution supporting efforts to reform the world body\u2019s far-flung peacekeeping operations. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence joined the discussion on a Trump administration priority, applauding the resolution and saying all peacekeeping missions should have an exit strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen a mission succeeds, we must not prolong it. When a mission underperforms, we should restructure it. And when a mission consistently fails to fulfill a mandate of this council, we should end it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Iran dominated the second day of the assembly\u2019s annual ministerial meeting, plenty of other issues were on the agenda of world leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">British Prime Minister Theresa May called for stronger steps to rein in North Korean leader Kim Jong Un\u2019s nuclear weapons buildup, and Japan\u2019s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged international unity in pressuring Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas warned Israel not to turn the Middle East\u2019s decades-long conflict into a religious one. And Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko renewed calls for a U.N. peacekeeping mission to his country amid what he describes as \u201cblatant\u201d violations of its sovereignty by Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Myanmar\u2019s Vice President Henry Van Thio, said his government is committed to long-term solutions to the tensions in Rakhine state, from which more than 420,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled a military crackdown to neighboring Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He spoke at the U.N. late Wednesday in the absence of Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar\u2019s civilian government who has been criticized for failing to protect the minority group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crackdown has been described by the U.N. and others \u2014 including Rouhani \u2014 as ethnic cleansing. Van Thio said \u201cdeep mistrust developed over decades has to be slowly chiseled away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/20\/trumps-trashing-of-iran-deal-poses-problems-for-north-korea-strategy\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17263173371177.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump&#8217;s trashing of Iran deal poses problems for North Korea strategy<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Donald Trump\u2019s threat before the world to obliterate North Korea left no doubt about his determination to stop the communist country\u2019s nuclear weapons buildup. His disparagement of the Iran nuclear deal in the same speech offered Pyongyang little hope of a negotiated solution.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rouhani\u2019s speech came a day after Trump, in his own address to the assembly, called the U.N.-backed Iran nuclear deal \u201can embarrassment\u201d to the United States. He also called the Iranian government \u201ca corrupt dictatorship\u201d and \u201ca murderous regime\u201d that funds terrorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rouhani retorted that \u201cthe ignorant, absurd and hateful rhetoric, filled with ridiculously baseless allegations, that was uttered before this august body yesterday\u201d didn\u2019t befit an organization established to promote peace and respect among nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a later tweet, he made clear that the comments were directed at Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump hinted that his administration, which has accused Tehran of aiding terrorism in the Middle East, could soon declare Iran out of compliance with the deal. That could unravel it.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/20\/i-have-decided-trump-says-of-iran-deal-before-big-talks\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17263496010978.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">\u2018I have decided,\u2019 Trump says of Iran deal \u2015 before big talks<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">\u201cI have decided,\u201d President Donald Trump declared Wednesday, announcing he\u2019d reached a verdict on the Iran nuclear deal\u2019s future even as top U.S. and Iranian officials headed into their highest-level talks of his presidency. Iran\u2019s leader, meanwhile, lashed out at \u201cignorant, absurd and hateful rhetoric\u201d in response to Trump\u2019s blistering attack at the U.N.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ministers from the seven parties to the agreement met at U.N. headquarters late Wednesday and agreed that all sides are fully implementing the deal, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said the deal\u2019s preservation is important at a critical time in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Iran is in \u201ctechnical compliance\u201d with the deal, but he said it\u2019s failing to live up to the expectation that the agreement would remove a \u201cserious threat\u201d to the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tillerson said it\u2019s a political discussion now about whether to remain in the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rouhani said his country would not be the first to breach the nuclear agreement, \u201cbut it will respond decisively to its violation by any party.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He told a news conference later that if the U.S. decides to break the agreement, \u201cany choice and any option\u201d are open for Iran \u2014 but he dismissed Trump\u2019s \u201cbaseless accusation\u201d that the nuclear deal may be providing cover for Iran\u2019s eventual construction of nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe options that we say we have at our disposal &#8230; will never be going towards nuclear weapons,\u201d Rouhani said. \u201cIran has never sought nuclear weapons, will never seek nuclear weapons, is not now seeking nuclear weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rouhani repeatedly invoked moderation as Iran\u2019s goal and said its missiles \u2014 which have been strongly criticized by the Trump administration \u2014 \u201care solely defensive deterrents.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writer Alexandra Olson contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s president warned Wednesday that his country will \u201crespond decisively\u201d to any violation of the agreement that reins in its nuclear program and called President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cignorant, absurd and hateful rhetoric\u201d about Iran unfit for the United Nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":38517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":10,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":{"4":{"categories":["flashpoints","pentagon-congress","news","daily-news-roundup","newsletters"],"primary_category":"flashpoints"},"5":{"categories":["flashpoints","pentagon-congress","news","daily-news-roundup","newsletters"],"primary_category":"flashpoints"},"6":{"categories":["flashpoints","pentagon-congress","news","daily-news-roundup","newsletters"],"primary_category":"flashpoints"},"7":{"categories":["flashpoints","pentagon-congress","news","daily-news-roundup","newsletters"],"primary_category":"flashpoints"}}},"categories":[10,15,86],"tags":[],"coauthors":[626,318],"class_list":["post-34894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flashpoints","category-news","category-pentagon-congress"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"WAFEXH2HKFB25JSX27JYF5DJZA","arc_canonical_url":"\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/21\/iranian-president-trumps-un-comments-ignorant-absurd\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iranian president: Trump&#039;s UN comments &#039;ignorant, absurd&#039; 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