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\u201cThose who are terrorists\u2026describe us using that word,\u201d he countered.\u00a0<\/p>\n

From the Assembly podium, he held up a picture of former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who he said was \u201cassassinated without any legal framework or reason\u201d in a joint US-Israeli strike last February.<\/p>\n

He then showed images of children he suggested had been killed in US-Israeli attacks on a school and a sports hall, alongside photographs of their graves.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were innocent. They had committed no crimes,\u201d he stressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Iranian leader declared: \u201cWe have been the victims of terrorism.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

For the past two centuries, Iran had not attacked another country or territory, he said, rejecting accusations that it was a source of regional instability.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did not bend the knee; we did not bow our heads. We responded, but we did not hit civilian populations,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nuclear technology: No double standards\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

President Pezeshkian reiterated that Iran is developing nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, not for weapons: \u201cFor our sick people it is cure and treatment, for the agricultural sector it is food security, for industries it is advancement and progress.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the same time, he strongly condemned a \u201cdouble standard\u201d on the issue of nuclear development, stating that Israel, which is not a member of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), has weapons of mass destruction yet has never been inspected.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe nuclear weapon is in Israel, but the inspectors are in Iran. Israel kills, but Iran is subject to sanctions,\u201d he stressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Unstinting support for Palestine<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Iranian President emphasised his support for the Palestinian people, saying that 80,000 innocent civilians in Gaza have been \u201cbrutally murdered,\u201d and hundreds of thousands have been displaced.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are committing genocide…then they label others as terrorists,\u201d he said, referring to Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who have committed terrorism, are they the protectors of peace and stability? They have adhered to none of the international laws,\u201d he highlighted, extending his approach of turning the tables.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iranians back home\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

President Masoud Pezeshkian addressed the wave of popular protests that swept across the Islamic Republic at the beginning of the year, portraying the demonstrations not as opposition to the government, but as expressions of public support for the country and its authorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people of Iran, in the past 7 months, have been in the streets every night demonstrating in support of their land, of their homeland, so as to not allow those who were equipped and trained and armed by Israel and America to cause disruption to the security of their country,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He concluded his speech with another reference to US President Trump, stating: \u201cHe must know that the resistance of the Iranian people will only increase in the face of sanctions, pressure, and bullying.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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