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Iran’s president to speak at the United Nations in rare wartime address

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian addressed the U.N. General Assembly, accusing the United States of terrorism. The speech followed threats from President Trump to annihilate the Islamic republic.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran’s president said Wednesday that his people have been ‘victims of terrorism’ by the United States, 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 […]

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