Masoud Pezeshkian started his remarks by upholding the significance of equality and mutual respect amongst all peoples.
“The bedrock of all divine religions and of the human conscience is that this golden maxim: that which you wouldn’t approve for your self, don’t approve for others,” he stated.
He famous, nevertheless, that the previous two years have seen genocide in Gaza, destruction of properties in Lebanon – and the repeated violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity, the devastation of Syria’s infrastructure, assaults on Yemen, and the assassination of Iranian scientists.
He requested leaders, “Would you countenance such issues for yourselves?”
‘Grave betrayal of diplomacy’
Mr. Pezeshkian recalled that in June, Iran “was subjected to a savage aggression in flagrant contravention of essentially the most elementary rules of worldwide regulation,” referring to US and Israeli airstrikes on its nuclear services and different infrastructure.
They have been taking place “exactly at a time after we have been treading the trail of diplomatic negotiations” and “constituted a grave betrayal of diplomacy and a subversion of efforts in direction of the institution of stability and peace.”
He warned that “ought to we fail to confront such perilous breaches of worldwide norms, these aberrations shall unfold to engulf the world.”
Hopes for the area
The Iranian President additionally spoke out towards what he referred to as “the ludicrous and delusional scheme of a Better Israel”, encompassing “huge swaths of the area.”
He as an alternative envisioned “our highly effective Iran alongside highly effective neighbours inside a robust area with a radiant future” wherein they “stand collectively towards a grand challenge that imposes genocide, destruction and stability upon the area”.
“In such a robust area, slaughter and bloodshed shall discover no place. It’s for this very cause that my nation has for a few years been among the many staunchest advocates of creating a area freed from weapons of mass destruction,” he stated.
“But those that themselves possess the biggest nuclear arsenals and who in flagrant breach of the NPT (non-proliferation treaty) make their weapons even deadlier and extra damaging have for years subjected our individuals to pressures on the premise of spurious allegations.”
He addressed the UN Security Council assembly final week the place members rejected a decision to carry sanctions towards Iran imposed previous to a 2015 settlement on its nuclear programme often called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
He stated that “three European States having failed via a decade of unhealthy religion and thereafter by supporting navy aggression to deliver the proud individuals of Iran to their knees, on the behest of america of America” sought to reinstate Council resolutions that had already been terminated.
“I hereby declare as soon as extra earlier than this Meeting that Iran has by no means sought and can by no means search to construct a nuclear bomb.”
He stated the long run have to be constructed on cooperation, belief, and shared improvement for all nations.