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Shafaq News – New York
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday reaffirmed
that his country has no intention of pursuing nuclear weapons, condemning the
renewed international sanctions on Tehran as “unjust and illegal.”
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York,
Pezeshkian criticized the European Union for siding with the United States in
reimposing sanctions lifted under the 2015 nuclear agreement, officially known
as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
“The Iranian people have consistently stood resilient in the
face of historic challenges and have demonstrated time and again their refusal
to yield to aggression,” Pezeshkian declared. He also labeled Israel a threat
to both regional and global stability, accusing its government of expansionism
and promoting apartheid rather than peace.
Regionally, Pezeshkian called for “cooperation, shared
security, sustainable development, economic justice, environmental protection,
human dignity, and respect for national sovereignty,” emphasizing the need for
a genuine and lasting peace—not one imposed by force.
Earlier, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
dismissed negotiations with the United States as contrary to Iran’s interests
and a path to a dead end. He reiterated the country’s long-standing position
that it neither needs nor intends to build nuclear weapons.