President tells Trump that Iran will never 'bend at the knee'

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President tells Trump that Iran will never 'bend at the knee'

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Iran's president declared at the UN that Iran will never submit to Washington or Israel amid an ongoing conflict. He accused the US of terrorism for assassinating former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and pledged Tehran had not initiated the war.

Iran's president struck a defiant tone at the UN on Wednesday where he spoke for the first time since Washington and Israel launched an all-out war on his country, vowing Tehran would never "bend at the knee." Masoud Pezeshkian accused Washington of "terrorism" for assassinating former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the start of the conflict, insisting Tehran had never started a war.

World Security Conflict Politics Iran UN speech Tehran Washington conflict terrorism Middle East

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