Rouhani: US has turned region into 'powder keg'

The President of Iran told this year's United Nations General Assembly that the United States had turned the Middle East into a "powder keg" by selling billions of dollars of weapons to countries in the region.

Much of Hassan Rouhani's speech was aimed at the United States.

"We are not a bargaining chip in US elections and domestic policy. Any U.S. administration after the upcoming elections will have no choice but to surrender to the resilience of the Iranian nation," said Rouhani.

Rouhani also seemed to reference the recent peace deals made between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

"We never ignored occupation, genocide, forced displacement and racism in Palestine. And we never made a deal over the Holy Quds and the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people," said Rouhani.