Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses the UN General Assembly, New York City, September 23, 2026 (Heather Khalifa/AP)
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UPDATE, SEPT 27:
I spoke with Dublin NewsTalk’s Ciara Doherty on Saturday morning about the key developments at the UN General Assembly.
We begin with UN Secretary General António Guterres calling out the organization’s failure to deal with individual leaders causing global disruption and instability. I ask if there is a possibility with this on specific crises, such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine or the US War on Iran, and on worldwide problems such as climate change and post-COVID health issues.
We look at two of those leaders in the visit of China’s Xi Jinping to Donald Trump, “taking advantage of some of those conflicts eroding American power”.
I summarize the limited significance of the first indirect talks between Iran and the Trump camp since July, and I consider the isolation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
ORIGINAL ENTRY, SEPT 24: I joined Talk TV on Wednesday night for a wide-ranging analysis of the UN General Assembly, highlighting issues from the US War on Iran to US-UK relations to the isolation of Israel over its attacks and occupations across the Middle East.
I explain to host Phil Dave how Iran’s leaders, in contrast to Donald Trump’s threat of “annihilation”, put forward the willingness to negotiate while emphasizing that they would not surrender.
I take apart the attempt of the Trump camp, in alliance with the UK’s hard-right Reform Party, to use the Chagos Islands issue to undermine the British Government.
And while identifying the difficulties for Israel at the Assembly, I knock back the label of “anti-semitism” stuck on legitimate criticisms of the Israeli Government’s actions and violence.
Watch from 7:39:
