A woman holding a national flag sits on a motorcycle alongside members of Iran's Basij paramilitary force taking part in the Jan-Fada ("Those willing to sacrifice their lives") motorcycle rally in Tehran on September 25, 2026. Iran's president took a defiant stand at the UN on September 24, for which he travelled to New York, telling the world that Iran would not "bend at the knee" to Washington -- even as the US president acknowledged ongoing US-Iran talks. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /

Members of Iran's Basij paramilitary force take part in the Jan-Fada ("Those willing to sacrifice their lives") motorcycle rally in Tehran on September 25, 2026. Iran's president took a defiant stand at the UN on September 24, for which he travelled to New York, telling the world that Iran would not "bend at the knee" to Washington -- even as the US president acknowledged ongoing US-Iran talks. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /

Members of Iran's Basij paramilitary force take part in the Jan-Fada ("Those willing to sacrifice their lives") motorcycle rally in Tehran on September 25, 2026. Iran's president took a defiant stand at the UN on September 24, for which he travelled to New York, telling the world that Iran would not "bend at the knee" to Washington -- even as the US president acknowledged ongoing US-Iran talks. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /

Members of Iran's Basij paramilitary force take part in the Jan-Fada ("Those willing to sacrifice their lives") motorcycle rally in Tehran on September 25, 2026. Iran's president took a defiant stand at the UN on September 24, for which he travelled to New York, telling the world that Iran would not "bend at the knee" to Washington -- even as the US president acknowledged ongoing US-Iran talks. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /

TOPSHOT - Free Tibet supporters punch a dummy depicting Chinese President Xi Jinping during a protest against his state visit to Washington, DC, on September 24, 2026. President Xi is on a State visit to the United States from September 23 to 25. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - China's President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump speak on the North Portico steps of the White House ahead of a State Dinner in Washington, DC, on September 24, 2026. President Xi is on a State visit to the United States from September 23 to 25. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping hold a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 24, 2026. President Xi is on a State visit to the United States from September 23 to 25. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (L) and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (R) attend a state dinner hosted by President Donald Trump for Chinese President Xi Jinping in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 24, 2026. President Xi is on a State visit to the United States from September 23 to 25. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)