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United Nations, New York – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addressed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), speaking of “justice” and “democracy” in protest outside the United Nations. within Iran itself We call for the end of a regime that many citizens say does not represent their country.
As protests continued in Iran, Mr Raishi said Iran continued to fight injustice.
“All human hopes and aspirations are founded on justice, and we have the ability to create a comprehensive framework of justice that means the elimination of injustice,” Raishi said. “We are defenders of the fight against injustice in all its forms, humanity, spirituality, the Almighty, the people of the world.”
Protests erupted across Iran after 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian Masa Amini was arrested by moral police for not wearing a hijab (head scarf). Police rushed Amini to the hospital claiming she had collapsed shortly after she slipped into a coma during her custody. However, her family said they saw signs of being beaten.
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Amini died three days later and police denied Amini was killed.
Women attend a rally in Dag Hammarskjold Park protesting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s attendance at the United Nations and demanding regime change.
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However, her death sparked protests across Tehran, with hundreds protesting Amini’s funeral and more protests beginning in the next two days. He is said to have blocked internet service on his phone and shut down social media, including Facebook.
At least five protesters died as police tried to clear the streets.
Despite calls by critics and survivors of the 1988 “death commission” to deny the Iranian president a visa to enter, Mr. Raisi, rather than addressing his country’s crisis, decided to join Article 77. I attended the general meeting. He praised the “progress” Iran has made and used his platform to express his many grievances against other countries.
“Iran’s Islamic Revolution marked the beginning of a move by the great Iranian nation to seek its place in the world, and for decades we have faced foreign conspiracies such as coups and oppressive sanctions. as well as hegemonic interventions,” Raisi said. “Since Iran’s first president of the Islamic Revolution, none of the successes of the Iranian state have been accepted by the great powers.”
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However, many Iranian citizens do not recognize the many “successes” that the current regime has achieved. Protesters in Doug He Hammarskjold Park across from the United Nations said Fox News Digital Raisi had no right to speak at the General Assembly because he did not represent the people. And Raisi was allegedly involved in death commissions that may have killed as many as 30,000 dissidents and prisoners.
Survivors of Tuesday’s commission filled a park with pictures of 2,000 of those victims and told Fox News Digital that they saw Raisi and directly blamed him for the deaths of family and friends. rice field.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raishi displays photo of General Qassem Soleimani
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Protesters on Wednesday said everyone in Iran knew “someone” who had been a victim of the regime.
“Raisi is not the president of the Iranian people, he is a mass murderer,” said Raha, an Iranian woman born in the Netherlands who lives in the United States. “He is responsible for the massacre of his 30,000 political prisoners … and when he cracked down on national protests in Iran in 2019, he realized again how terrifying and monstrous he could be. I have proved it.”
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Raha said Iran “does not stand for justice” despite what Raishi said.
Haishi, a student who immigrated to the United States with her family, spoke about the problems her family faced and her own tragic incident when she was 13 when she was nearly arrested for violating the hijab law.
Two women vividly display their disdain for the current Iranian regime during a protest in Dag Hammarskjold Park across from the UN headquarters.
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“I was on the street and I wasn’t wearing my hijab properly, so one of the women in the van came, took my hand and pulled me towards the van. We fixed it… but this is a very common occurrence in Iran,” said Haishi. “My friend and I were always afraid of being arrested.”
Rather than admit these issues to himself, however, Raisi made a large part of his speech by arguing that other countries must address their own human rights issues before raising issues with Iran. distracted and insisted. He cited the dark history of Canadian boarding schools and the deaths of hundreds of First Nations children, as well as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as examples of problems for world powers to “flee”.
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“Of course, achieving justice and equity is very challenging and difficult, and perhaps that is why so many of those who claim to be on the side of peace are running away from their peace responsibilities,” Raishi said. “So we say to them: If you don’t want to carry the burden on your shoulders, don’t you want to carry the burden of fighting oppression?”
Foreign Desk Editor-in-Chief Lisa Duftali said it was “not surprising” that Raishi would seek to accuse the United States and its allies of alleged “supporting terrorism.”
People gather at Dag Hammarskjold Park across from the UN headquarters to protest Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s speech at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.
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Dakhtali told Fox News Digital that “someone nicknamed ‘The Killer of Tehran’ goes to New York to make such accusations while the US and European delegations sit and listen. It truly shows how emboldened Iran’s rogue regime has become.” “This is a man with the innocent blood of his people in his hands, but standing on the podium and spouting lies about how he believes in human rights for all.”
Daftali said Raisi was not defending his own people, only Palestinians, whom he said were victims of Israel’s “tyranny”.
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“Outside the doors of the United Nations, something very different was happening,” said Dakhtali. “Protesters from all over the country came to New York to protest Raisi’s visit, telling reporters and passers-by that the Iranian regime’s brutal crimes, such as a 22-year-old girl, shouldn’t be killed for showing her hair. should be forgotten instead of fabricated diplomatic negotiations within the United Nations.”
Senior Researcher Venam Ben Tallebrew The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) told Fox News Digital that the administration missed an opportunity by allowing Raisi to visit the United States.
“By not denying Raisi a visa, especially after the brutal murder of Mercer Amini, the Biden administration missed an opportunity to speak out on Iran and human rights,” Tareblu said.
