Iranian Leader Uses UN Speech To Level More Threats Against America

Ignoring troubling realities at home, including an increasingly violent uprising tied to the death of Mahsa Amini, President Raisi asserts that the Americans who ‘martyred’ Qassam Soleimani must pay the price.

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President Raisi addresses the United Nations General Assembly, September 21, 2022. AP/Mary Altaffer

Even as agents of the Islamic Republic are known to be plotting to assassinate former American government officials, President Raisi of Iran today used the United Nations stage at New York City’s First Avenue to issue new threats against U.S. leaders.

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