Rouhani says Iran isn’t a ‘bargaining chip’ in US elections
Iran's president told the UN General Assembly that any future administration must "surrender" to Iran.
In his address to the UN General Assembly, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said his country cannot be used as a “bargaining chip” as President Donald Trump seeks reelection this November.
"We are not a bargaining chip in US elections and domestic policy,” Rouhani told the virtual gathering of world leaders. “Any US administration after the upcoming elections will have no choice but to surrender to the resilience of the Iranian nation.”
US Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft described Rouhani’s speech as “a tour de force of dishonesty.”
“He spoke of ‘blatant and gross’ violations of the UN Charter, but apparently with no sense of irony. Iran is the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism & fuels conflict across the Middle East,” Craft tweeted Tuesday.
