00:00The UN was founded to preserve peace and uphold justice, not to serve as a platform for war
00:04criminals.
00:05The exercise of the right of reply has been requested.
00:09The President of the General Assembly has proposed that the time limits for statements
00:12in the exercise of the right of reply under this item be limited to five minutes for the
00:17first intervention and to three minutes for the second intervention.
00:21The delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran has informed the Secretariat of its
00:25objection to this proposal.
00:28Accordingly, the proposed speaking time limit will not be applied to the exercise of the
00:32right of reply for this meeting.
00:35May I nonetheless remind delegations that statements in the exercise of the right of reply are limited
00:40to ten minutes for the first intervention and to five minutes for the second intervention
00:44and should be made by delegations from their seats.
00:52The next speaker is the Islamic Republic of Iran.
00:56I call on the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
01:02the Islamic Republic of Iran.
01:05Mr. President, this organization was founded to save succeeding generations from the scourge
01:12of war.
01:13Yet today, the chief architect of that very scourge, the notorious Prime Minister of the Israeli regime,
01:19addressed this assembly, an utmost disgrace to this body.
01:24This is the ultimate insult to all noble values such as justice, equality, and dignity, and words of the human
01:32person
01:32enshrined in this organization's charter.
01:36This is the greatest affront to the principles of humanity and the human conscience.
01:44This is a profound betrayal of the purpose and principles of this organization.
01:50The UN was founded to preserve peace and uphold justice, not to serve as a platform for war criminals.
01:56How can a person who is currently facing proceedings before two international courts for war crimes,
02:03crimes against humanity, and genocide be allowed to be present in this assembly?
02:09Does he belong at this podium to justify his crimes or in the dock of a court of law to
02:15answer for genocide?
02:18According to an assessment by the UN itself, in less than two years, the Israeli regime dropped more than 200
02:26,000 tons
02:27of explosive on Gaza, equivalent to the total energy of approximately 13 Hiroshima-type nuclear bombs.
02:34Just imagine.
02:36Today, the regime's Prime Minister told this assembly that he has brutally killed nearly 75,000 Palestinian civilians,
02:46mostly women and children, and injured around 157,000 others simply because he had no other choice.
02:56He also added that he made very easily the decision to commit these crimes, and crimes like collective punishment,
03:06ethnic cleansing, and the use of starvation as a method of war.
03:11These data are not Iranian claims.
03:15These are judicial findings and documented international legal investigations.
03:22In January 2024, the ICJ, and in September 2025, the UN Commission of Inquiry concluded that the
03:31Israeli regime is committing genocide in Gaza.
03:33How can the UN provide a platform to such a notorious criminal?
03:39What message does this assembly send to Palestinians when their leaders are barred from speaking here
03:44due to the United States obstruction while a criminal responsible for the killing of 75,000 Palestinians is given this
03:51podium?
03:52If this assembly barred apartheid South Africa in 1917, why should it grant speaking privileges to this criminal today?
04:01Beyond that, why does this assembly not invoke Article VI of the Charter of the United Nations to expel this
04:08regime from the organization for persistently violating the UN's principles?
04:14Allowing the presence of a criminal at this assembly fundamentally contradicts the UN's purpose and principles, which are neither aspirational
04:22slogans nor selectively applicable only to some of its members.
04:28These binding principles, which form the foundation of the international legal order, have been deliberately, persistently, systematically, and systematically violated
04:39by the Israeli regime.
04:41As Prime Minister commits genocide while claiming victimhood, a stark example of hypocrisy, it is a reminder of how they
04:49try to present their military as the most moral army in the world.
04:55For him, this is completely natural, as hypocrisy with complaint, distortion, and disinformation are, in his nature, as are child
05:06-killing, domicile, and genocide.
05:09However, he cannot whitewash his crimes.
05:12His words do not erase his deeds, nullify court findings and orders, or cleanse his record.
05:19From historical point of view, occupation is in their DNA, aggression is in their blood, terrorism is in their nature,
05:29child-killing is their lovely habit,
05:31homicide, domicile, and demolishing homes over heads of their inhabitants are their long-standing tradition.
05:41Aportrait is their established custom, war crime is their fun, genocide is their most beloved practice, crimes against humanity are
05:51their traditional business, deception, lying, and victim-playing are the core elements of their strategy,
05:57and Zionism is their statehood manifesto.
06:01This regime's illusory objective is to establish the so-called Greater Israel.
06:07To that end, it commits systematically and simultaneously, and with ruthless brutality, all for international crimes, aggression, genocide, war crimes,
06:17and crimes against humanity.
06:19It has crossed even the most fundamental legal, moral, and humanitarian red lines, and has also drowned the entire region
06:29into a devastating conflict.
06:31Its savage crime in Gaza, Lebanon, and other parts of our region over the past two years are merely the
06:36tip of the submerged iceberg of its criminal practices.
06:41Unsurprisingly, it commits all such crimes brutally and with total impunity simply because it is confident of the unreserved military,
06:52intelligence, economic, and political support of the United States.
06:57The United States is the principal accomplice in all crimes of the Zionist regime, just as it is in the
07:04crimes of ISIS, which was created by the U.S.
07:08but defeated by commanders like General Qasem Soleimani, who, for that very reason, was subsequently assassinated at the direct order
07:18of the United States President.
07:20During the joint aggression of the U.S.-Israel regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran in 2025 and 2026, they
07:28deliberately martyred more than 4,800 civilians,
07:34which included the assassination of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
07:38Marty Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, members of his family, and a number of high-ranking Iranian officials.
07:48Still, the U.S. is not number one sponsor of terror.
07:52It only wants our oil and gas and eagerly and genuinely willing to bring freedom to our people.
08:05Exactly with the intent and purpose, they deliberately killed our 168 innocent children aged between 7 and 12 in a
08:20primary school in Minah,
08:24and recently targeted a wedding ceremony in southern Iran.
08:31And, unsurprisingly, the Western countries that portray themselves as defenders of human rights,
08:37and for that very reason always stand with Israel in all its crimes, not only did not condemn such obvious
08:44crimes,
08:44but also support this regime in continuing to commit such crimes more often, more brutally.
08:50I take this opportunity to categorically reject the baseless allegations made by the representative of the Slovenia.
09:01These allegations are worthless to respond.
09:04Does the systematic and persistent commission of all four international crimes carried out on the gravest scale
09:11and with the greatest brutality by the U.S. and the Israel regime violate international law or not?
09:18Where are the law, justice, accountability, morality, humanity, and conscience?
09:24While the U.N. has both responsibility and obligation to act promptly and effectively, it had miserably failed to act.
09:32Yet, neither we will forget nor forgive the war crimes committed jointly by the U.S.-Israel
09:39regime, nor can silence or inaction shield criminals from accountability.
09:46Mr. President, the Islamic Republic of Iran warns in the clearest possible terms that
09:54any further act of aggression against our sovereignty, territorial integrity, or national interests
10:02will be met with a decisive and devastating response.
10:06Relying on God, the Almighty, the great nation of Iran, will resolutely defend its homeland,
10:13its honor, and its interests.
10:16We will definitely overcome the aggressors.
10:19This is our longest time in tradition.
10:22Resistance runs in our blood and is part of our national DNA.
10:28I thank you, Mr. President.
