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Iranians Will Never Bend At The Knee, President Pezeshkian Tells Trump
Pezeshkian said Iran will keep negotiating despite sanctions and threats after U.S. and Iranian officials held three hours of talks, officials said.
- On Wednesday, President Masoud Pezeshkian addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York, vowing Iran will never "bow our head or bend at the knee" in response to President Donald Trump's threats to "annihilate" the Islamic Republic.
- Tensions escalate as the nearly seven-month war nears a critical juncture, with Trump telling the United Nations on Tuesday he is weighing a "big decision" on whether to escalate military attacks near the vital Strait of Hormuz.
- Declaring his people "victims of terrorism," Pezeshkian held up photos of more than 150 Iranian children killed in a U.S. strike, asserting Iran defended itself against attacks from the United States and Israel.
- Hours later, Trump told reporters that envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held a "very good meeting" with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the sidelines of the UN gathering, though details remained sparse.
- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei dismissed the talks as "not anything new," maintaining Iran demands Washington end its port blockade and release frozen assets before accepting dialogue without "the language of force.
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Tehran will never surrender, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said at the United Nations (UN) on Wednesday.
Iran will 'never bend at the knee', Pezeshkian tells UN in defiant wartime address
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian gave a defiant wartime address at the UN on Wednesday accusing the US of terrorism in his country and saying Iran would not "bend at the knee". But as Pezeshkian called for diplomacy, Iranian officials downplayed their talks with US counterparts on the sidelines of the gerenal assembly as "not anything new".
·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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In an address to the UN, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said US President Donald Trump 'must know that the resistance of the Iranian people will only increase,' after Trump toold the UN he was weighing when to 'annihilate' Iran.
·Paris, France
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