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'We Are Victims of Terrorism,' Says Iran's Pezeshkian to UN

Is Iran a scapegoated victim of Western double standards or the world's leading sponsor of terror?

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'We Are Victims of Terrorism,' Says Iran's Pezeshkian to UN

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Above: Masoud Pezeshkian addresses the 81st session of the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 23. Image credit: Selcuk Acar/Anadolu/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-Iran narrative

Pezeshkian showed the world photos of dead schoolchildren and all that came back was sanctions. Rather than the U.S. and Israel continuing their unjustified escalations against Tehran, now is the time for support to secure the country's future. Threatening to annihilate a U.N. member state from the General Assembly rostrum is a violation of the Charter, and Washington knows it.

Reza Nasri on X PressTV

Anti-Iran narrative

Playing the victim at the U.N. podium takes some nerve from the world's leading funder of terror. Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis and Iraqi militias all run on Tehran's money, and thousands of Iranians were killed for daring to protest this past winter. A regime that spreads terror abroad and murders its own people at home has no standing to lecture anyone about morality.

New York Post

Danny Danon on X

Metaculus Prediction

There is a 1% chance that, if there is an American AUMF or declaration of war against Iran before 2030, the U.S. will control Tehran within one year, according to the Metaculus prediction community.