We never sought to build an atomic bomb, says Iran’s president

Iran has nary volition of gathering nuclear weapons, Iranian President Massoud Pezzekian said Wednesday portion addressing the U.N. General Assembly, days earlier planetary sanctions were reimposed connected Tehran implicit its atomic ambitions.

“I state erstwhile again earlier this assembly that Iran has ne'er and volition ne'er question to physique a atomic bomb. We bash not question to get atomic weapons,” Pezheskian stressed.

Three months aft the 12-day warfare with Israel and the US onslaught connected Iran’s atomic facilities, the Iranian person recovered himself connected the UN podium with the precise hard task of restoring his country’s image, the BBC notes.

Tehran has mislaid overmuch of its power successful the Middle East portion its costly atomic programme has suffered wide damage.

“My state suffered a convulsive attack,” Pezheskian said, adding that Israel’s attacks “constituted a superior betrayal of diplomacy.”

He said a “brazen enactment of aggression” was liable for the “martyrdom” of children and scientists.

Referring to Israel, helium spoke of the “genocide successful Gaza“, the “destruction of infrastructure successful Syria” and “attacks successful Yemen“. “All this with the afloat enactment of the astir heavy equipped authorities connected the satellite and nether the guise of self-defense,” helium said.

“Who, then, is the agitator for the peoples of the world?”, helium asked the Assembly.

He yet called for a “bright future” successful which Iran stands strong, on with its almighty neighbors, against “a expansive plan that imposes genocide” successful the region.