Iran’s president claims country has been ‘victim of terrorism’ at UN, despite funding terror groups worldwide

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian claimed Wednesday his country has “been the victim of terrorism” and blamed the US and Israel for instability in the Middle East during a wild address to the United Nations General Assembly. Pezeshkian, whose nation is the leading funder of terror groups like Hamas and Hezbollah— reiterated claims that an American attack was behind the deadly Feb.

28 Minab school strike that killed an estimated 120 children. “The United States president described us as terrorists,” the 71-year-old told world leaders gathered in New York, referring to President Trump’s remarks to the same body one day earlier.

First reported by New York Post.