Trump attacks Iranian leadership, boasts of accomplishments

US President Donald Trump has attacked the Iranian leadership, accusing it of sowing "chaos, death and destruction" across the Middle East.

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York, he defended his decision to abandon the nuclear deal.

Trump also boasted that his administration had accomplished "more than almost any" other in US history.

His words were greeted with laughter, but he laughed back, saying: "Didn't expect that reaction."

He also defended his administration's nurturing of better ties with North Korea and its hard line on trade with China.

[Source: BBC]