Watch: Pezeshkian says Iran would not ‘bend the knee’ to US threats in UN speech
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that Tehran will never "bow its head" to US threats but is open to diplomacy, a day after President Donald Trump threatened to "annihilate" the Islamic Republic. Addressing Trump directly, Pezeshkian said the US leader "must know that the resistance of the Iranian people will only increase in the face of sanctions, increased pressure, increased bullying.
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