Below are key quotes, via Reuters, from the speech delivered by Iranian President Rouhani at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly.
- Trump administration determined to make all international institutions ineffectual.
- U.S. policy toward Iran has been wrong from the beginning, and its approach of resisting the wishes of the Iranian people is doomed to failure.
- Invites U.S. ‘back to the negotiating table you left,’ says dialogue starts with ending threats and ‘unjust sanctions that negate the principles of ethics and international law’.
- Security of Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz has always been important for us.
- We will confront any and all disruptive efforts’ in this critical waterway in future.
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