New York: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian delivered a defiant tackle on the United Nations Normal Meeting (UNGA), declaring that Tehran won’t ever pursue nuclear weapons. The speech comes amid rising diplomatic efforts to stop the so-called “snapback” of UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme.
His statements on September 24 coincided with the approaching September 27 deadline for a 30-day course of initiated by the UK, France and Germany to reinstate UN sanctions in opposition to Iran. The three European nations, collectively often known as the E3, accuse Iran of failing to adjust to the 2015 nuclear deal designed to cease Tehran from creating nuclear arms.
The E3 have provided to delay the reimposition of sanctions for as much as six months if Iran restores entry for UN nuclear inspectors, addresses issues concerning its enriched uranium stockpile and engages in direct talks with america.
Tehran has beforehand cited US President Donald Trump’s 2018 withdrawal from the deal and June’s air strikes on Iran as causes for scaling again its commitments.
Pezeshkian accused the E3 of performing “on the behest of america of America”. “In doing so, they put aside good religion. They circumvented authorized obligations. They sought to painting Iran’s lawful remedial measures taken in response to america’ withdrawal from the Joint Complete Plan of Motion (JCPOA – Iran’s nuclear deal) and to Europe’s breach and different incapacity as a gross violation,” he stated.
In a recorded speech on Tuesday, Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei additionally emphasised that Tehran doesn’t search nuclear weapons however dominated out negotiations with america. “This isn’t a negotiation. It’s a diktat, an imposition,” he stated.
Pezeshkian condemned the Israeli and US shock assaults that triggered the 12-day battle, which resulted within the deaths of a number of senior Iranian army officers and severely weakened the nation’s defences. “Greater than 1,000 Iranians have been killed when Israel launched air strikes and violated Tehran’s sovereignty, which it claimed was a preemptive act of ‘self-defence’ to focus on Iran’s nuclear programme,” he stated.
He added, “The Iranian nation has again and again demonstrated that it shall by no means bow earlier than aggressors. In the course of the battle, the patriotic and valiant individuals of Iran laid naked earlier than the aggressors the fallacy and self-delusion of their conceited calculations.”
The president additionally criticised Tel Aviv’s ambitions for a “larger Israel”, accusing it of making an attempt to develop management over Palestinian land and create “buffer” zones in neighbouring international locations. “After practically two years of genocide, mass hunger, the perpetuation of apartheid throughout the occupied territories and aggression in opposition to its neighbours, the ludicrous and delusional scheme of a ‘larger Israel’ is being proclaimed with brazenness by the very best echelons of that regime,” he stated.
He added that Israel’s assaults on neighbouring international locations present it’s abandoning political normalisation. “Israel and its sponsors not even content material themselves with normalisation by means of political means. Reasonably, they impose their presence by means of bare pressure and have styled it peace by means of energy,” Pezeshkian stated.
Regardless of the sturdy rhetoric, he closed his UNGA tackle with a name for cooperation. “Iran is a steadfast associate and a reliable companion for all peace-seeking international locations of friendship and a partnership grounded not in fleeting expediency however in dignity, belief and a shared future. Allow us to, along with you, flip threads into alternatives,” he stated.