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UN General Assembly Protest
Demonstrators against the Iranian regime protest outside of the United Nations headquarters during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, in New York.
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Iran’s president said Wednesday that his people have been ‘victims of terrorism’ by the United States. He is delivering a rare wartime speech at U.N. General Assembly a day after President Donald Trump said he could “annihilate” the Islamic republic. President Masoud Pezeshkian held up photos of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the more than 150 school children killed on the first days of the war. He said that Iran's people “have only defended themselves.” Iran’s president delivers wartime address at UN: We have been ‘victims of terrorism’
