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AMNA: WELCOME TO THE “NEWS HOUR.” THE PRESIDENT OF IRAN TOLD THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY HIS COUNTRY WON'T BEND TO U.S. INTIMIDATION, JUST A DAY AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP THREATENED TO ESCALATE THE WAR, FROM THE VERY SAME STAGE. GEOFF: ON THE SIDELINES U.S. AND IRANIAN OFFICIALS SIGNALED NO MAJOR BREAKTHROUGHS IN MEDIATED TALKS. NICK SCHIFRIN HAS THE LATEST, AFTER ANOTHER BUSY DAY IN NEW YORK. NICK: IT IS A BUILDING ON U.S.

SOIL, AN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PEACE. AND NEVER BEFORE HAS IT HOSTED THE LEADER OF A COUNTRY AT WAR WITH ITS HOST, UNTIL TODAY.

YESTERDAY THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENT DESCRIBED US AS TERRORISTS. WE HAVE BEEN THE VICTIMS OF TERRORISM. NICK: AND ON THE SAME DAIS WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP YESTERDAY DELIVERED THIS THREAT -- PRES. TRUMP: OR DO I ANNIHILATE THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC AND DO IT QUICKLY, NEVER GIVING THEM A CHANCE TO KILL AND DESTROY PEOPLE AND COUNTRIES AGAIN? NICK: IRANIAN PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN DELIVERED HIS OWN DEFIANCE.

WE WILL NEVER BOW OUR HEAD OR BEND AT THE KNEE. IRAN MUST BE UNDERSTOOD BY MR. TRUMP AND THOSE WHO SEEK TO BULLY US THAT WE ARE READY FOR DIALOGUE AND DIPLOMACY AND NEGOTIATIONS WITHOUT ACCEPTING THE LANGUAGE OF FORCE. NICK: WITHIN MINUTES THE SOLE MEIO HAD HEARD ENOUGH. INSIDE IRAN PEZESHKIAN LEADS THE FACTION THE ADVOCATES FOR NEGOTIATION AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION WITH THE WEST. HE'S LOSING THAT ARGUMENT TO HARDLINERS, WHO TODAY THREATENED IRAN'S NEIGHBORS, AFTER THEY COOPERATED WITH U.S.

SANCTIONS BANNING IRANIAN AIRLINES.

IF ANY COUNTRY JOINS THE UNITED STATES IN THIS ADVENTURE, ITS AIRPORTS WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO OPERATE FLIGHTS. THE CHOICE IS YOURS.

DO THEY WANT TO BE A COUNTRY OR DO THEY WANT TO BE A REVOLUTION? NICK: SPEAKING RIGHT AFTER PEZESHKIAN, SECRETARY RUBIO CALLED YESTERDAY'S INDIRECT TALKS BETWEEN IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ABBAS ARANGCHI, AND AMERICAN MEDIATORS STEVE WITKOFF AND JARED KUSHNER, SIGNIFICANT. BUT HE SAID PEZESHKIAN'S SPEECH WAS THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK.

SLAUGHTERING 10,000 OF YOUR OWN PEOPLE IN PROTESTS, IS A VIOLATION OF THE U.N. I HOPE IT'S A VIOLATION OF THE U.N. PRINCIPLES. I THINK SPONSORING TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS IN THE REGION TO ATTACK YOUR NEIGHBORS, ATTACK ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE, ATTACK CIVILIAN SITES IS A VIOLATION OF THE U.N. SYSTEM. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT STANDING IRAN HAS TO LECTURE ANYONE ON HUMAN RIGHTS OR THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM WHEN THEY HABITUALLY VIOLATE IT.

NICK: BUT RUBIO ACKNOWLEDGED THAT ANOTHER VIOLATOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, IS INVITED TO FLORIDA IN DECEMBER, WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP HOSTS THE G20 IN HIS DORAL RESORT.

WE THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO ENGAGE NOT JUST WITH THE PRESIDENT, BUT WITH OTHER WORLD LEADERS. WE HOPE THAT'S, AN INVITATION HE;LL ACCEPT. NICK: BUT TODAY KYIV REVERBERATED WITH THE SOUND OF RUSSIAN DRONE STRIKES. AUTHORITIES SAID AT LEAST 2 PEOPLE WERE KILLED, AND DOZENS INJURED.

DEESCALATION STEPS ARE IMPORTANT, ARE NEEDED BEFORE WINTER, NOW. NICK: AS UKRAI