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Video: Irans president Rouhani addresses 75th annual UN General Assembly session
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Hassan Rouhani: Here, I should express our appreciation to the presidents of the Security Council for the months of August and September 2020, as well as to thirteen of its membersespecially Russia and Chinawho twice said a decisive and resounding NO to the unlawful US attempt to exploit the Council and its Resolution 2231.
This is a victory not just for Iran, but for the global communityduring the transitional international order in the post-Western worldthat an aspirant of hegemony is humiliated in such self-created isolation.
Ladies and Gentlemen
Where can you find precedent for a government to renege, without any reason, on the outcome of 13 years of multilateral talksalso attended by its predecessor, shamelessly violate a resolution of the Security Council and even punish others for abiding by a UNSC resolution? And simultaneously claim to be seeking negotiations and a big deal?
The United States can impose neither negotiations, nor war on us.
Life is hard under sanctions. However, harder, is life without independence.
Political freedom at home is important. Weas the oldest democracy in the Middle Eastare proud of our people determining their destiny and will not trade domestic freedom with foreign interference.
Democracy is the sovereign right of a nation, and not the right of interference by an outsiderlet alone a terrorist and interventionist outsider that remains captive to the illusions of 19 August 1953, when its predecessors overthrew the only democracy in the Middle East through a coup dtat.
Dignity and prosperity of our nation are essential for us; and they are attained through diplomacy relying on national will coupled with resilience.
We are not a bargaining chip in U.S. elections and domestic policy.
Any U.S. administration after the upcoming elections will have no choice but to surrender to the resilience of the Iranian nation.
And for the world: Today is the time to say no to bullying and arrogance. The era of dominance and hegemony is long over. Our nations and children deserve a better and safer world based on the rule of law.
Now is the time for the right choice.
I thank you for your attention.
Watch video:
https://youtu.be/gHht2-R5uIs
Hassan Rouhani: Here, I should express our appreciation to the presidents of the Security Council for the months of August and September 2020, as well as to thirteen of its membersespecially Russia and Chinawho twice said a decisive and resounding NO to the unlawful US attempt to exploit the Council and its Resolution 2231.
This is a victory not just for Iran, but for the global communityduring the transitional international order in the post-Western worldthat an aspirant of hegemony is humiliated in such self-created isolation.
Ladies and Gentlemen
Where can you find precedent for a government to renege, without any reason, on the outcome of 13 years of multilateral talksalso attended by its predecessor, shamelessly violate a resolution of the Security Council and even punish others for abiding by a UNSC resolution? And simultaneously claim to be seeking negotiations and a big deal?
The United States can impose neither negotiations, nor war on us.
Life is hard under sanctions. However, harder, is life without independence.
Political freedom at home is important. Weas the oldest democracy in the Middle Eastare proud of our people determining their destiny and will not trade domestic freedom with foreign interference.
Democracy is the sovereign right of a nation, and not the right of interference by an outsiderlet alone a terrorist and interventionist outsider that remains captive to the illusions of 19 August 1953, when its predecessors overthrew the only democracy in the Middle East through a coup dtat.
Dignity and prosperity of our nation are essential for us; and they are attained through diplomacy relying on national will coupled with resilience.
We are not a bargaining chip in U.S. elections and domestic policy.
Any U.S. administration after the upcoming elections will have no choice but to surrender to the resilience of the Iranian nation.
And for the world: Today is the time to say no to bullying and arrogance. The era of dominance and hegemony is long over. Our nations and children deserve a better and safer world based on the rule of law.
Now is the time for the right choice.
I thank you for your attention.
Watch video:
https://youtu.be/gHht2-R5uIs
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