In a sharp response to Donald Trump’s UN General Assembly speech, Iran’s General Staff of the Armed Forces and the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters accused Washington of strategic failure and using threats to justify coercive policies.

trump’s Key Claims

• ☢️ Iran’s nuclear program: Trump said Iran is

“no longer the bully of the Middle East”

and declared:

“I will never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.”

He claimed Tehran rejected an offer of full economic cooperation in exchange for ending its nuclear program and support for terrorism.

• 🚀 Missiles: Trump warned that Iran had developed a missile capable of reaching Europe, arguing that Tehran sought to use its missile capabilities as a shield for a nuclear program.

• 🇵🇸 Gaza: Trump described October 7 as a “

massacre

,” blamed Iran-backed militants for the deaths of 1,200 civilians, and claimed:

“I ended the war in Gaza, saving thousands of lives.”

• ⚓ Hormuz: Trump said U.S. naval forces had recently escorted more than one billion barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz.

• ⚠️ The “big decision”: Trump said he faces a choice between reaching an agreement that would rebuild Iran as a “great nation” or “

obliterating the Islamic Republic quickly.”

• 💰 Economic isolation: He called for complete economic isolation of Iran until it abandons its nuclear ambitions and attacks on commercial shipping.

• 🇻🇪 Venezuela and the “spoils”: Trump invoked the phrase

“to the victor belong the spoils”

while defending U.S. intervention to secure strategic interests in Venezuela.

iran’s Response

Iranian commanders described Trump’s threats as

“domestic propaganda”

that reflects what they called a

“U.S. strategic predicament”

rather than strength.

Tehran also seized on Trump’s reference to “spoils,” arguing that it exposes what Iranian officials portray as Washington’s underlying logic of plunder and coercion.

The statement further declared that Iran is a

“pillar of security”

for regional and international trade, while describing the U.S. military presence in West Asia as a source of instability.

The Iranian military concluded by stressing its readiness to deliver

“harsher, more devastating and unpredictable strikes”

against aggressors and the leaders of the United States and Israel.