US Delegation Walks Out Of UN When Iranian President Says America And Israel Are The "True Terrorists"
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The American delegation walked out of the room when Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the U.S. and Israel are the real "terrorists," Wednesday at the General Assembly."

IRANIAN PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN: In the name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen.

I had prepared a speech to present to you.

Yesterday, the United States president described us as terrorists. We have been the victims of terrorism.

I come from an Iran in which our esteemed supreme leader was assassinated without any legal framework or reason. I come from an Iran where, in truth, they bombed a school.

You see these children. These children perished under bombs, with weapons used by the United States and Israel. They were innocent-innocent children who, in truth, had committed no crimes, no sins.

Those who are terrorists and train and protect terrorists describe us as such. We have only defended ourselves. We are not terrorists.

Our innocent people have been the targets of cowardly attacks and aggressions imposed upon our country, and we defended ourselves with utmost strength.

America and Israel attacked us, equipped with the latest technology and weapons systems, and our people stood steadfast.

Yes, they did hit us, but we did not bend the knee. We did not bow our head.

We responded, but we did not hit civilian populations.

They came into surrounding territories [unclear] and targeted our universities, our healthcare centers, our schools, our hospitals, our infrastructure-all of it against international law.

Israel targets any neighborhood in any city, in any province, commits assassinations like a true terrorist. In Gaza, over 80,000 innocent civilians have been murdered, brutally murdered. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced.

They are committing genocide by using the so-called technologies that they have at their disposal. Then they label others as terrorists.

Are we the sources of instability? We only seek to live independently. We are the ones who cause instability? Those who are committing terrorism and committing crimes, are they the protectors of peace and stability?

None of the international laws have been adhered to by them.

This is-this is what we're facing. We don't want anything.

We have received our response. We need strength because a people which is unable to defend itself will be trampled upon in today's world.

We live in a world in which the powerful, instead of thinking about humanity, justice, fairness, and democracy, they seem to be the protectors and creators of instability and destruction. Whomever they wish to discredit, they label them as terrorists.