Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Fox News during his visit to New York that he defended Iran’s nuclear program and framed it as a civilian right, according to Fox’s coverage of his U.N. appearances.
Pezeshkian traveled to New York for the U.N. General Assembly and used his platform to argue Iran’s nuclear activities were peaceful, Fox News reported in a roundup of his visit highlighting video clips and interviews.
Fox’s reporting and station coverage show the president defended the program while delivering a defiant U.N. address and speaking to U.S. media in New York. The Fox News item said Pezeshkian “dismissed claims of pursuing a nuclear arsenal, arguing that Iran’s… nuclear program is strictly a civilian” program.
The same coverage also reports Pezeshkian directly accused the United States and Israel of attacking Iranian interests and cast Iran as a victim of aggression in his remarks to the assembly and to reporters on the sidelines.
Those statements came amid a tense visit to the U.N., where Fox and local Fox station video captured both his speech and exchanges with reporters in New York. The coverage includes video pieces titled “ON ENEMY SOIL: Iran’s president delivers defiant speech at UN General Assembly” and related clips.
Readers wanting more on Pezeshkian’s U.N. remarks can consult this site’s earlier coverage of his U.N. speech and his recent international appearances for additional context.
Sources
- Fox News — reported that Pezeshkian defended Iran’s nuclear program and published related video clips of his U.N. remarks.
- FOX 5 New York — posted a video and coverage saying Pezeshkian gave a fiery U.N. General Assembly speech defending the country’s nuclear program.
