Pezeshkian Says Iran Won't Surrender, After Trump's Annihilation Threat
Brent crude traded just above $100 a barrel as Pezeshkian said Iran would not surrender and signaled it was ready to resume talks.
- On Wednesday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian addressed the United Nations General Assembly, defying US President Donald Trump's threat to "annihilate" Iran in the first such address by a leader at war with the US in the UN's 81-year history.
- Trump used the same stage 24 hours earlier to renew his threat against the Islamic Republic; the conflict, which began nearly seven months ago, has left Pezeshkian defiant, declaring his country "cannot be made to surrender."
- Holding pictures of assassinated supreme leader Ali Khamenei and children, Pezeshkian stated, "I come from an Iran where, in truth, they bombed a school," alleging the strike killed about 120 children using United States and Israel weapons.
- Brent crude prices spiked above $142 a barrel as regional instability intensifies; Helima Croft, managing director at RBC Capital Markets, cited an "urgency deficit" in the Trump administration as Iran-backed Houthi rebels targeted Saudi Arabian energy infrastructure.
- Regarding the Strait of Hormuz, Pezeshkian insisted Iran maintains a right to the waterway and defended its civilian nuclear program; a lone American delegate walked out of the General Assembly shortly after the speech began.
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