Iranian President Hassan Rouhani goes before the United Nations General Assembly for an address Thursday that will likely focus on the threat of Islamic State militants and the ongoing negotiations over his country's nuclear program.
Rouhani has been critical of the U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State group that began with airstrikes in Iraq last month, saying a military approach is not the way to stop the militants.
He said Wednesday the group grew out of the U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.