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US President Donald Trump says China is seeking to influence the upcoming midterm elections. In a speech at the UN Security Council, the American president also took aim at Iran, vowing to pursue tougher sanctions “than ever before.”
US President Donald Trump opened a meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday with an attack on Iran and a pledge to ensure Tehran never obtains a nuclear bomb.
It was the first time Trump had chaired a session of the Council on countering nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. He used the occasion to accuse Iran of sponsoring terrorism and fueling “conflict around the region and far beyond.”
The US backed out of a 2015 nuclear accord with Iran in May and has since been steadily reimposing sanctions on the Islamic Republic. The American president warned world leaders at the UN that “all US nuclear-related sanctions will be in full force by early November,” adding that countries who didn’t comply would face “severe consequences.”