# ‘We will not bow our head,’ Iranian president says in UN General Assembly address

https://mins.news/en/video/70965

- CBC News, 2026-09-23 16:08 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oeub-cqqWcY

> In an unprecedented speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian became the first leader to address the gathering on American soil while Iran was at war with the United States. He called the U.S. and Israel terrorists and blamed them for the assassination of Iran’s former supreme leader.

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