Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian used his UN General Assembly address to vow that Iran will never “bend the knee” to U.S. pressure while insisting diplomacy must continue, Al Jazeera live coverage and Reuters-fed reports said as mediated talks with Washington stayed unresolved.

A senior Iranian official told Reuters the sides remain far apart, with Tehran prioritizing an end to the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Indirect contacts involving Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner through Qatari mediators produced no public breakthrough after Trump’s earlier “annihilate” rhetoric.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said any Iran deal would require prolonged effort and that military options remain available. Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei was reported to have given Washington a short deadline tied to Hormuz conditions. Accounts agree talks continue without a deal; they diverge on whether UN theater softens or hardens negotiating space before midterms.

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Officials and independent outlets continue updating confirmed details as they become available. NewsHabit’s card sticks to multi-outlet confirmation for this edition and notes where accounts still diverge, without projecting outcomes that the published record does not yet support.