Won't Surrender, Iran's Pezeshkian Tells UNGA; Indirect Talks Bring Hope
Brent crude traded just above $100 a barrel as Pezeshkian said Iran would not surrender and signaled it was ready to resume talks.
- On Wednesday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian addressed the United Nations General Assembly, defying US President Donald Trump's threat to "annihilate" Iran in the first such address by a leader at war with the US in the UN's 81-year history.
- Trump used the same stage 24 hours earlier to renew his threat against the Islamic Republic; the conflict, which began nearly seven months ago, has left Pezeshkian defiant, declaring his country "cannot be made to surrender."
- Holding pictures of assassinated supreme leader Ali Khamenei and children, Pezeshkian stated, "I come from an Iran where, in truth, they bombed a school," alleging the strike killed about 120 children using United States and Israel weapons.
- Brent crude prices spiked above $142 a barrel as regional instability intensifies; Helima Croft, managing director at RBC Capital Markets, cited an "urgency deficit" in the Trump administration as Iran-backed Houthi rebels targeted Saudi Arabian energy infrastructure.
- Regarding the Strait of Hormuz, Pezeshkian insisted Iran maintains a right to the waterway and defended its civilian nuclear program; a lone American delegate walked out of the General Assembly shortly after the speech began.
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Won't surrender, Iran's Pezeshkian tells UNGA; indirect talks bring hope
Masoud Pezeshkian, in his speech in New York, condemned what he called "signs of a bullying mentality" from the US and said that Iran would never surrender. On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump, had used the same forum to threaten to "annihilate" Iran.
Defiant Pezeshkian rails against Trump, U.S., Israel in fiery U.N. speech
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian cast the joint U.S.-Israeli war as an illegal and destructive venture that will ultimately fail in a defiant speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.
Sydney Morning Herald
Iranian president vows not to surrender in defiant, historic UN speech
It marked the first time in the United Nations’ 81-year history that a foreign leader at war with the United States addressed the body at its New York headquarters.
Shafqnooz - Following up on the rise in oil prices by about 2% this Wednesday evening, against the backdrop of Iran's President Masoud's statements in Zashkian about not succumbing to American pressure, given the continuing tension between Tehran and Washington. The futures of Brent rose by $1.84, or 1.85, to $101.09 per barrel.
Brent is above $103 per barrel.
Iran’s defiant UN message
from WILL COOPER in New York, US Special contributor NEW YORK, (CAJ News) – IRANIAN President Masoud Pezeshkian used the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday to deliver an uncompromising account of a nearly seven-month war with the United States, insisting that Tehran will defend itself while leaving the door open to diplomacy. Addressing […] The post Iran’s defiant UN message first appeared on CAJ News Africa.
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