President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran has condemned the \u201csavage\u201d US and Israeli airstrikes of June on Iranian territory during his speech at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly.The Iranian president told the audience at the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday that it was a \u201cheavy blow\u201d to international trust and regional peace. The president said the attacks, which struck Iranian cities, homes, and infrastructure while diplomatic talks were ongoing, represented \u201ca grave betrayal of diplomacy and a weakening of efforts to establish peace and stability.\u201d \u201cWhat you see in these images of killings and crimes is the massacre of children and women. It is a black record of slaughter carried out by Israel in our country against our people, including women, children, and youth, under the name of preserving peace and security in the region,\u201d he said, holding out pictures of the victims. Pezeshkian underscored Iran\u2019s resilience, saying the country was \u201cthe world\u2019s oldest continuous civilization\u201d that has withstood the storms of history. \u201cDespite the harshest, longest, and heaviest economic sanctions, psychological warfare, media campaigns, and constant efforts to sow division, the Iranian people, from the very first bullet fired at their soil, stood united behind their brave armed forces, and today they continue to honor the blood of their martyrs,\u201d he said. The Iranian president said the strikes killed commanders, women, children, scientists, and national elites, while also damaging internationally-monitored facilities. He said the strikes constitute \u201ca black record of crimes\u201d carried out under the pretext of preserving regional security. \u201cAssassination of state officials, systematic targeting of journalists, and the killing of individuals solely because of their knowledge and expertise are flagrant violations of human rights and international law,\u201d the Iranian president told delegates from around the globe. Israel and the United States have shed the blood of thousands of innocent people in Gaza with the same approach, he said. Pezeshkian accused Washington and Tel Aviv of deliberately undermining negotiations through military escalation. The president stated that the foundation of all divine religions and human conscience is the golden rule: \u201cDo not do unto others what you would not want done unto yourself.\u201d \u201cLet us look at the past two years: the world has witnessed genocide in Gaza; the destruction of homes and repeated violations of sovereignty and territorial integrity in Lebanon; the devastation of Syria\u2019s infrastructure; attacks on the people of Yemen; the forced starvation of emaciated children in their mothers\u2019 arms; the stealthy assault on the sovereignty of nations, violations of states\u2019 territorial integrity, and the open targeting of national leaders.\u201d \u201cWould you accept such things for yourselves?\u201d The Iranian president warned that if such \u201cdangerous violations\u201d go unchecked, they will spread worldwide. Call for \u2018power through peace\u2019 The president denounced what he called the \u201cabsurd and delusional\u201d plan for a \u201cGreater Israel,\u201d accusing Israel of pursuing aggression and apartheid under the guise of \u201cpeace through power.\u201d \u201cToday, after nearly two years of genocide, mass starvation, the continuation of apartheid inside the occupied territories, and aggression against neighboring countries, the absurd and delusional plan of a \u2018Greater Israel\u2019 is being shamelessly declared at the highest levels of this regime.\u201d He said such policies amount to \u201cbullying and coercion \u2014 not peace, and not power.\u201d The Iranian president outlined an alternative vision for West Asia, calling for a \u201cstrong region\u201d built on collective security, cultural diversity, joint investment in infrastructure and science, energy security, environmental protection, and the non-negotiable principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity. \u201cWe seek not peace through force, but power through peace.\u201d He also reiterated Iran\u2019s longstanding support for a West Asia free of weapons of mass destruction, criticizing nuclear-armed states for violating the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) while pressuring Iran with \u201cbaseless accusations.\u201d \u201cBut we want our powerful Iran, alongside powerful neighbors, in a strong region with a bright future,\u201d Pezeshkian said. \u201cWe stand against mega projects that impose genocide, destruction, and instability on the region, and we defend a shared and hopeful vision: a vision that guarantees collective security through genuine mechanisms of defensive cooperation and joint responses to threats\u2026 a vision that seeks not \u2018peace through force\u2019 but \u2018power through peace.\u2019\u201d The president said in such a rich region, \u201cthere is no place for killing and bloodshed.\u201d \u201cThat is why, for many years, my country has been one of the staunchest supporters of creating a region free of weapons of mass destruction.\u201d \u201cYet those who themselves possess the largest nuclear arsenals, and who, in blatant violation of the NPT, make their weapons ever more lethal and destructive, have for years subjected our people to pressure with baseless accusations,\u201d he said. \u2018E3 trying to bully Iran\u2019 Turning to the standoff over the so-called snapback mechanism of the 2015 nuclear deal, Pezeshkian denounced three European countries for attempting to reinstate annulled UN Security Council sanctions against Tehran, calling the move \u201cillegal\u201d and carried out \u201cat the order of the United States.\u201d \u201cLast week, three European countries, after failing, through a decade of broken promises and later by supporting military aggression, to bring the proud people of Iran to their knees, at the order of the United States, attempted through pressure, bullying, imposition, and blatant abuse to reinstate the annulled UN Security Council resolutions against Iran,\u201d he said. He accused the European powers of abandoning goodwill, bypassing legal obligations, and misrepresenting Iran\u2019s remedial steps after the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal. \u201cThey falsely presented themselves as \u2018well-intentioned parties\u2019 to the agreement, and labeled Iran\u2019s sincere efforts as \u2018insufficient.\u2019 All of this was aimed at destroying the very JCPOA they themselves once called the greatest achievement of multilateral diplomacy,\u201d he said. The president said the move, which also faced opposition from some Security Council members, lacks international legitimacy and \u201cwill not be welcomed by the global community.\u201d He reiterated that Iran has never pursued nuclear weapons, citing a religious decree by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Calling for a new approach to security, he urged world leaders to embrace \u201cconfidence building, mutual respect, and regional convergence\u201d rather than force. \u201cI invite everyone to practice listening to one another instead of raising voices; to reconsider the intellectual foundations of polarization and political violence that today afflict not only the international community but also create tension and turmoil within societies; and to embrace, as the common ground of all beliefs and cultures, the principle of not imposing on others what we would not accept for ourselves.\u201d The Iranian president concluded by appealing for the restoration of the credibility of international institutions and the creation of a regional security framework in West Asia. \u201cLet us restore and rebuild the credibility of international institutions and legal mechanisms, and commit to establishing a system of regional security and cooperation in West Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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