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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Patrick Wintour in New York

Iran’s president hits out at ‘bully’ Trump in UN speech but signals willingness to talk

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian gestures while speaking at the UN general assembly podium
Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, addressing the UN general assembly in New York on Wednesday. Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images

Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, turned the tables on Donald Trump, describing the US as the true bully and terrorist in the Middle East while 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 the US.

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