Iran's president says the country won’t ‘bow' to the US

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Iran’s president said Wednesday that he was open to talks to end the war, but warned that Tehran wouldn’t surrender its nuclear program or “bow” to the US.
His defiant UN speech came after US President Donald Trump threatened to “annihilate” Iran. The rhetoric doesn’t bode well for Trump, whose popularity has sunk to record lows as the conflict drags on: One outgoing Republican lawmaker warned of a midterm “bloodbath” and several GOP candidates released ads criticizing the war.
Still, Trump appears reluctant to appeal to China’s leader to exert pressure on Tehran or to sanction Chinese banks facilitating Iranian transactions — “the last line to cross” if “you really want to put the squeeze,” a former Trump official told Semafor.

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