An Iranian diplomat took the floor after the scheduled UN General Assembly speeches Sept. 29 and read a statement criticizing the address that had been made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu, who spent a considerable part of his speech warning about the dangers of the Iranian government and its ambitions, particularly its nuclear program, urged the world to not forget Iran as it builds a coalition to fight against the threat of the Islamic State.
The statement from the Iranian UN mission, read by counselor Javad Safaei, called Netanyahu’s speech a “senseless rhetorical statement.” In regard to the 50-day Israeli-Gaza war, a war in which “all international norms and laws were blatantly flouted,” Netanyahu “tried in vain to wash his hands of the most recent bloodbath in Gaza,” the statement read.