UNGA: Iran President Says US Has No Credibility

President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, has said that the United States government is one that lacks “credibility”.

In a prerecorded speech to the 76th session of United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Raisi fumed at US involvement in the middle east region.

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Earlier, the US president Joe Biden told the audience that he remains committed to preventing Iran from gaining a “nuclear weapon” while adding that he was ready to engage the country diplomatically.

But Raisi accused the US of dominating other nations at will.

He cited Afghanistan from where the US military withdrew in August after 20 years of war against terror groups.

“This year, two scenes made history: one was on January the 6th when the US congress was attacked by the people and, two, when the people of Afghanistan were dropped down from the US planes in August. From the Capitol to Kabul, one clear message was sent to the world: the US’ hegemonic system has no credibility, whether inside or outside the country,” he said.

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He mocked the US government, claiming that its foreign policy of imposing democracy on the region had failed.

“What is seen in our region today proves that not only the hegemonist and the idea of hegemony, but also the project of imposing Westernised identity have failed miserably. The result of seeking hegemony has been blood-spilling and instability and, ultimately, defeat and escape. Today, the US does not get to exit Iraq and Afghanistan but is expelled. And, at the same time, it is the oppressed people, from Palestine and Syria to Yemen and Afghanistan, as well as the US taxpayers, who have to pay for this lack of rationality,” he added.

Specifically, he urged the US to stop using sanctions against his country.

“Sanctions are the US’ new way of war with the nations of the world. Sanctions against the Iranian nation started not with my country’s nuclear program; they even predate the Islamic Revolution and go back to the year 1951 when oil nationalisation went underway in Iran, which in turn led to a military coup backed by the Americans and the Britons against the then government of Iran that was elected by the people. Sanctions, especially sanctions on medicine at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, are crimes against humanity,” he added.

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