Pezeshkian hits back at Trump at UNGA
Referring to Trump’s remarks about the Islamic Republic a day earlier, Pezeshkian hit back at the US president’s labelling of Iran as “terrorist”. He said Iranians were in fact “victims of terrorism” and condemned US attacks on Iran. “I come from an Iran in which our esteemed supreme leader was assassinated without any legal framework or reason,” he said. In his address, the Iranian president said, “Israel kills, Tehran gets sanctioned,” while highlighting what he called American “double started. Presenting two stark options, Trump spoke of either striking a deal with Tehran or “annihilate” the Islamic Republic. He said a deal could allow Iran to rebuild and become “one of the greatest” countries in the Middle East or even the world.
The Iranian president held up a photograph of Iranian schoolgirls killed in the attack on Minab. Pezeshkian also accused the United States of disregarding international law, saying that “United States does not respect any international law. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian took the UNGA stage on Wednesday and turned his fire on Donald Trump on American soil.