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Trump urges Iranians to rise

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At the United Nations in New York, President Donald Trump urged Iranians to "rise up" against their government during his speech, a stance critics said risked inflaming tensions with Iran.

The Independent
Trump’s UN speech went from campaigning to denial — and then it took a dark turn

Reading between the lines - and despite a shocking aside about ‘annihilating’ Iran - it seems like Trump might be feeling a little tired and a little scared, writes Holly Baxter

Trump’s UN speech went from campaigning to denial — and then it took a dark turn
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Handelsblatt
UN General Debate: Guterres in UN farewell speech on Iran war: Enough is enough

In New York, the world gathers under the shadow of numerous unresolved conflicts. There is keen anticipation that President Trump can make progress on crisis resolution on the sidelines.

UN General Debate: Guterres in UN farewell speech on Iran war: Enough is enough
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The Guardian
Trump still thinks Iranians will ‘rise up’ against the government. In Tehran I see a different story | Hossein Hamdieh

If anything, the ongoing war is uniting a divided country against the foreign invaders. Washington seems a long way from grasping this point The US president, Donald Trump, asked recently on one of his Truth Social rants : “When are the Iranian people going to rise up and fight? ” So frenetic and all-over-the-place are Trump’s statements that one does not know which are actual policies and which are simply noise. But if counting on the “Iranian people” to rise up and fight is indeed US policy then, as far as I can tell from within Iran, it is a failed one. And miserably so. At least for now. There is no reliable nationwide polling that can tell us what Iranians think about the war in real time. So this is an observation, not a poll. It comes from conversations I have had with many people. Hossein Hamdieh holds a joint PhD in Geography and Anthropology from Humboldt University of Berlin and King’s College London. He is currently based in Tehran, where he works as a social researcher Continue reading. . .

Trump still thinks Iranians will ‘rise up’ against the government. In Tehran I see a different story | Hossein Hamdieh
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