Iran in Forefront of Genuine Confrontation with Terrorism, Rouhani Says at UN (+Video)
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday during his speech at the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly that Iran will always remain in the forefront of confrontation with terrorism, as it has been a victim of terrorism itself.
“What Iran says is clear: no war, no sanctions, no threats, no bullying; just acting according to the law and the fulfillment of obligations,’ President Rouhani said adding, “We support peace and democracy in the entire Middle East. We consider nuclear knowledge an imperative and nuclear weapons prohibited.”
Rouhani also mentioned the recent terrorist attack in Ahvaz earlier this week and said that Iranians have suffered from terrorism while the country has always been seeking peace especially in the Middle East region, saying, “As victims of terrorism in the past and today, we have always been and will always remain in the forefront of genuine confrontation with terrorism. Today, we mourn the martyrdom of tens of innocent people, who were recently murdered in cold blood by terrorists who shamelessly accepted responsibility from a number of Western capitals for their heinous crime in interviews with some Western-based broadcasting outfits that are financed by petrodollars. In Iran we have condemned all acts of terrorism without equivocation and will continue to do so.”
