U.S. envoys meet Iranian delegation at UN General Assembly, Trump calls talks 'very good'

On Tuesday, September 22, 2026, President Donald Trump announced that U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met with an Iranian delegation at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The three-hour meeting was described as "very good" by Trump, who said another meeting was scheduled. The talks came hours after Trump's combative UN speech, where he called Iran the "number one sponsor of terror" and claimed U.S. and Israeli strikes had devastated Iran's military. Trump faces a decision between pursuing a deal or annihilating Iran, and predicted an agreement could be reached after the midterm elections.