Trump threatened to annihilate Iran at the U.N. Hours later his envoys met Tehran's. Will the two sides meet again before Sept 29?
71% of users predicted NO — the community got this one right. 14 predictions cast.
No new face-to-face meeting between U.S. and Iranian officials took place before September 29, 2026, following sideline talks held around the United Nations General Assembly roughly a week earlier. U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner had met Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in New York around September 22, with Qatari officials facilitating, but the session produced no breakthrough.
Iran subsequently proposed reopening the Strait of Hormuz and pausing regional fighting in exchange for the U.S. lifting its naval blockade and sanctions. Trump rejected that specific proposal on September 25, saying Tehran made the offer because it was "losing badly," while adding he still expected negotiations to resume "in the coming week." By September 29, Araghchi said Tehran was awaiting a formal U.S. response, but the exchanges remained indirect rather than another in-person meeting.
The question resolved no: the two sides did not hold face-to-face talks again before September 29. A majority of the Predict Six community, 71%, correctly anticipated that outcome.