Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian claimed his country has “been the victim of terrorism” and blamed the US and Israel for instability in the Middle East while speaking at the United Nations on Wednesday.
Pezeshkian, whose nation is the leading funder of terror groups across the region, blamed the war on the US and Israel — while reiterating claims that an American bomb was behind the deadly Minab school strike in February that killed 120 children.
“The United States president described us as terrorists,” he told world leaders gathered in New York. “We have been the victims of terrorism.”
Pezeshkian also mourned slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as he held a picture of the ayatollah, prompting the sole American delegate at the meeting to walk out.
The Iranian leader then called out President Trump directly and said that Tehran could not be forced to surrender or reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the US and Israel meet its demands.
“We will never bow our heads or bend at the knee,” Pezeshkian said while providing an ominous warning to the world.
“We either all live in security, or we will have to live in insecurity together.”
