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World War 3 Watch: Iran and US have held talks on sidelines of UN summit, says Donald Trump

Emergency Updates Sep 23, 2026World War 3 Watch: Iran and US have held talks on sidelines of UN summit, says Donald Trump

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World News · World War 3 Watch · September 23, 2026 at 00:21 UTC

What happened

Iranian officials held three hours of talks with US special envoy Steve Witkoff on the sidelines of the UN general assembly, Donald Trump disclosed on Tuesday. He said there would a further meeting in the very near future.[1]

Related developments

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman slams targeting of Mecca by ‘terrorist’ Houthis

Saudi monarch’s rare condemnation hints at sense of urgency in the kingdom amid ramped-up attacks from Yemen. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has branded Yemen’s armed Houthi movement a “terrorist militia” and accused the Iran-allied group of repeatedly targeting the holy city of Mecca.[2]

US, Iran hold ‘very good’ talks, Trump says at UN meeting

US President hints at possible deal with Iran, but warns of dire consequences if no agreement is reached. United States President Donald Trump has told reporters at the United Nations General Assembly in New York that US officials had a “very good” three-hour meeting with Iranian leaders.[3]

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Key Facts

  • Iran and US have held talks on sidelines of UN summit, says Donald Trump (via theguardian.com).[1]
  • Saudi Arabia’s King Salman slams targeting of Mecca by ‘terrorist’ Houthis (via Al Jazeera).[2]
  • US, Iran hold ‘very good’ talks, Trump says at UN meeting (via Al Jazeera).[3]

Context & Key Entities.

Places mentioned: Araghchi, Baghdad, Cairo, Gaza, Houthis Saudi Arabia’s, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Istanbul, Kaaba.

Organizations mentioned: Al Jazeera, CNBC, Civil Aviation Organization, Egyptian, Fisher, French, Houthi, Houthis Saudi, IRGC, ISNA.

References

  1. theguardian.com. Iran and US have held talks on sidelines of UN summit, says Donald Trump. ↩
  2. Al Jazeera. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman slams targeting of Mecca by ‘terrorist’ Houthis. ↩
  3. Al Jazeera. US, Iran hold ‘very good’ talks, Trump says at UN meeting. ↩
  4. Al Jazeera. Iran flights to Baghdad, Muscat cancelled ahead of US aviation sanctions. ↩

Investigative methodology: this update was produced by scripts/ww3_monitor.py, a keyword-and-entity
heuristic (see scripts/significance.py) — not a language model. It quotes and links each source verbatim
and does not add analysis or interpretation.

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