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Iranian leader hits back at ‘bully’ Trump in UN speech but signals willingness to talk

Masoud Pezeshkian tells general assembly: ‘We are ready for dialogue and diplomacy and negotiations but without the language of force’

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Iranian leader hits back at ‘bully’ Trump in UN speech but signals willingness to talk

Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, turned the tables on Donald Trump, describing America as the true bully and terrorist in the Middle East while also insisting that Iran had always shown a commitment to the negotiating table.

In a defiant speech to the UN general assembly in New York, his first since the US and Israel launched an all-out war on Iran, Pezeshkian repeatedly vowed that Tehran would never bend the knee to America.

Source: The Guardian ↗

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