Middle East crisis live: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warns it will ‘change geography of war’ if US escalates conflict

The US president said in an interview ahead of the United Nations meeting that he was considering ‘wiping Iran out’ Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has already arrived in New York.

He said Iran’s main objective is to “defend the legitimacy, rights and interests” of the Iranian people at the UN general assembly, which he describes as “a major international platform”. He said the gathering comes at a time when…