Iran’s president hits out at ‘bully’ Trump in UN speech but signals willingness to talk

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:44:57 GMT

Masoud Pezeshkian says Tehran is ready for dialogue and diplomacy ‘but without the language of force’Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, turned the tables on Donald Trump, describing the US as the true bully and terrorist in the Middle East while insisting that Iran had always shown a commitment to the negotiating table.In a defiant speech to the UN general assembly in New York, his first since the US and Israel launched an all-out war on Iran, Pezeshkian repeatedly vowed that Tehran would never bend the knee to the US. Continue reading...

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