In historic UN speech, Iranian president accuses US and Israel of breaking international law

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian used his UN General Assembly address to accuse the United States and Israel of joint aggression, holding up photos of children killed in a strike on a school in Minab, Iran, that reports have linked to a U.S. missile. He was responding directly to President Trump's speech the previous day, which called Iran “the bully of the Middle East” and threatened to “annihilate” it.

Pezeshkian said Iran had only defended itself and did not target civilians, while accusing Israel of killing over 70,000 people in Gaza and facing no equivalent scrutiny over its own nuclear weapons. A U.S. delegate walked out during his remarks, mirroring Iranian and Cuban delegates' walkout during Trump's speech a day earlier.

The Trump administration has not claimed responsibility for the Minab school strike despite reported evidence tying it to a U.S. missile. Pezeshkian closed by saying Iran remains open to dialogue without accepting “the language of force.”

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