Iran President Calls Iran A Victim Of Terrorism At UN
· World · The Hindu, Times of India, NDTV
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian addressed the 81st UN General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on September 23, 2026, during a rare wartime speech. Pezeshkian said the US and Israel attacked Iran and called Iran's people victims of terrorism. He held up photographs of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and more than 150 schoolchildren killed in the war's first days. The address followed US President Donald Trump's warning that he could annihilate the Islamic republic. Pezeshkian said, “We have only defended ourselves. We are not terrorists,” but the article gives no details about the attacks he referenced.
Why it matters
Iranian officials used the UN platform to frame the US-Israel attacks as terrorism and present Iran as the victim. The speech came after Trump's annihilation warning, adding to the risk faced by Iranians and civilians targeted in the conflict.
Read the original report — The Hindu
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