The United States and Iran held their first shuttle talks in months on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

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At the UN General Assembly session in New York on 22–23 September 2026, US and Iranian officials held their first “” in months — indirect negotiations in which a mediator carries messages between the two sides rather than meeting face-to-face. The talks came hours after President Trump’s speech threatened to “annihilate” Iran if no peace deal is reached, and after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian delivered a defiant rebuttal; some delegations walked out during Trump’s address. These are the first such talks since a ceasefire collapsed in June, so the main news is the meeting itself, with little detail yet public on substance.

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The claim is solid as a report of events: Al-Monitor is a reputable secondary source, and the story is independently corroborated by same-day coverage from the Guardian, Fox News and BBC/AP. The core facts — a meeting on the UNGA sidelines, Trump’s “” threat, Pezeshkian’s defiant speech and the collapsed-ceasefire context — are consistently reported; what was actually discussed in the shuttle talks is not yet public.

The United States and Iran held their first shuttle talks in months on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

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