🇮🇷 Iran - President Addresses General Debate, 75th Session

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Hassan Rouhani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, addresses the general debate of the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 22 – 29 September 2020). Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said, “The footage broadcast to the world concerning the treatment of an African American by the US police is reminiscent of our own experience. We instantly recognize the feet kneeling on the neck as the feet of arrogance on the neck of independent nations.” In his address to the UN General Assembly today (22 Sep), Rouhani said, for decades, the Iranian nation paid a similar high price for its quest for freedom and liberation from domination and despotism and has advanced while persistently pursuing peace and stability. He said, while the entire world was experiencing hard times during the COVID-19 pandemic, Iran was also grappling with the harshest sanctions in history imposed in blatant violation of the UN Charter, international agreements and Security Council Resolution 2231. Rouhani said Iran stood against foreign occupations in the region, fought Al Qaeda and Da’esh extremists, offered a non-aggression act with its gulf neighbours, achieved the JCPOA as one of the biggest accomplishments of the history of diplomacy and remained faithful to it despite persistent violations by the United States. The Iranian President said, “Such a nation does not deserve sanctions. The response to peace is not war. The reward for combatting extremism is not assassination. The

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