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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor in New York

Iran accuses US of stoking Ukraine war in UN speech, sparking Israel walkout

Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi gestures to the audience inside the United Nations general assembly hall.
Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi gestures to the audience inside the United Nations general assembly hall. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters

Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi, in a lengthy set-piece speech to the UN general assembly, accused America of fanning the flames of violence in Ukraine, prompting protests from Israel’s representative to the UN.

Raisi claimed any Iranian-made drones hitting Ukrainian cities had been sold before the war started and said he was in favour of peace in Ukraine, on the same day that Tehran hosted a Russian defence delegation led by its defence minister, Sergei Shoigu.

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