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Statements by the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian at the General Debate of the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). teleSUR
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00:00We seek energy for progress. For years, there have been, they have labeled centrifuges, international sanctions, other labels when it
00:15comes to our nuclear technology, but for our country, peaceful nuclear technology is part of our inherent progress.
00:22For our sick people is cure and treatment. For the agricultural sector is food security. For industry is advancement and
00:32progress and supply of electrical energy. Iran does not accept for nuclear technology to be at the exclusive disposal of
00:41some, of a handful.
00:42We will not, we will not bow our head and give up the right that is inherently ours. We say
00:55it clearly. No nuclear weapons and no limitations to new peaceful nuclear technology.
01:02Our peace will not come in the field of battle, but they must give the needed security to the people
01:15and nation of Iran.
01:18We seek cooperation in order to have security. We live in a region in which warfare knows no borders. Crisis
01:27in one land will spill into the surrounding nations.
01:32That's why Iran does not see her neighbors as security rivals. We want to have strong neighbors. In waters in
01:45the Strait of Hormuz, we do not, we cannot let some have free access and gain their interest from a
01:54waterway while at the same time using that waterway to impose their aggression.
02:23The other."
02:26We will not succumb to that.
02:33The expansion of warfare will not result in security.
02:38One cannot create chaos for the coastal countries seeking naval security.
02:46Excellencies, vis-a-vis Palestine.
02:48Palestine remains an open wound on the conscience of the international community,
02:53and Gaza remains a simple of the failure of international mechanisms to prevent civilian suffering.
03:00For decades, resolutions have been adopted.
03:04Yet, occupation and violence have continued.
03:09We cannot speak of peace while ignoring Palestine.
03:16Lasting peace in West Asia is impossible without justice for Palestine.
03:22As long as occupation, aggression, and injustice persist in the world, resistance will continue.
03:31If it is weakened in one form, it will re-emerge in others, perhaps stronger still.
03:45Gaza, despite relentless killing and widespread devastation,
03:51has strengthened the people's faith in resistance.
03:55And resistance cannot be destroyed by bombs and siege.
03:59This is human nature.
04:03If a human being is driven from his or her land, they will resist.
04:09If their homes are subjected to bombings and aggression and attacks, they will resist.
04:14What other choice do they have?
04:16Succumb to bullying?
04:18To be driven from their homes, from their lands,
04:21and remain silent in the face of these threats and dangers?
04:26And when they defend themselves, they're labeled as terrorists?
04:30The language makes it, unfortunately, clear the type of world that we're living in today.
04:38Our regional issues must be resolved in the region, at the hands of the countries in the region,
04:48without being – becoming a toy in the hands of outside aggressors.
04:54No relationship with the foreign power can become the tools of threatening neighboring countries in the region.
05:02The question is, on earth is ou a corridor in the region,
05:02and is within the region.

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