“We Will NEVER Bend At The Knee” – Iran President Pezeshkian Fires Back At Trump At UNGA

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian struck a defiant tone at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, speaking for the first time since Washington and Israel launched an all-out war on his country.

Pezeshkian vowed Tehran would never surrender to American pressure.

Addressing the General Assembly in New York, the Iranian leader accused Washington of terrorism for assassinating former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the start of the war.

He held up a photograph of the dead leader before the Assembly, insisting Tehran had never started a war.

His defiant appearance came a day after President Donald Trump told the UN he was weighing whether to “annihilate” Iran, but went on to hail renewed talks between Tehran and Washington’s negotiators.

Pezeshkian, however, did not refer to the talks in his steely speech.

He told Trump directly: “You must know that the resistance of the Iranian people will only increase in the face of sanctions, increased pressure, increased bullying. We will never bow our head or bend at the knee.”

On the Strait of Hormuz blockade, which has caused global energy prices to spike since the start of the war, Pezeshkian issued a warning.

“We cannot let some have free access and bolster their interests from the waterway, while at the same time using that waterway to impose their aggression upon us,” he said.

Pezeshkian’s attendance at the UN’s signature diplomatic event in Manhattan had been in doubt as it was unclear if the United States would issue a visa.

Ultimately, Washington granted the permit, but denied visas to several members of his entourage.

Soaring fuel prices as a result of the Hormuz blockade now threaten to cost Trump’s Republicans their control of Congress in November’s midterms.