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STORY: GA / IRAN
TRT: 1:40
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FARSI / NATS
DATELINE: 22 SEPTEMBER 2020, NEW YORK CITY
22 SEPTEMBER 2020, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UN Headquarters
2. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
3. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Hassan Rouhani, President, Islamic Republic of Iran:
“The footage broadcast to the world concerning the treatment of an African American by the U.S. police is reminiscent of our own experience. We instantly recognize the feet kneeling on the neck as the feet of arrogance on the neck of independent nations.”
4. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
5. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Hassan Rouhani, President, Islamic Republic of Iran:
“Such a nation does not deserve sanctions. The response to peace is not war. The reward for combatting extremism is not assassination. The reaction to the choice of people through the ballot box in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon is not outside agitation and support for non-democratic processes and street riots.”
6. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
7. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Hassan Rouhani, President, Islamic Republic of Iran:
“The United States can impose neither negotiations, nor war on us. Life is hard under sanctions. However, harder, is life without independence.”
8. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said, “The footage broadcast to the world concerning the treatment of an African American by the US police is reminiscent of our own experience. We instantly recognize the feet kneeling on the neck as the feet of arrogance on the neck of independent nations.”
In his address to the UN General Assembly today (22 Sep), Rouhani said, for decades, the Iranian nation paid a similar high price for its quest for freedom and liberation from domination and despotism and has advanced while persistently pursuing peace and stability.
He said, while the entire world was experiencing hard times during the COVID-19 pandemic, Iran was also grappling with the harshest sanctions in history imposed in blatant violation of the UN Charter, international agreements and Security Council Resolution 2231.
Rouhani said Iran stood against foreign occupations in the region, fought Al Qaeda and Da’esh extremists, offered a non-aggression act with its gulf neighbours, achieved the JCPOA as one of the biggest accomplishments of the history of diplomacy and remained faithful to it despite persistent violations by the United States.
The Iranian President said, “Such a nation does not deserve sanctions. The response to peace is not war. The reward for combatting extremism is not assassination. The reaction to the choice of people through the ballot box in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon is not outside agitation and support for non-democratic processes and street riots.”
Rouhani stressed that the United States “can impose neither negotiations, nor war on” Iran. He added, “Life is hard under sanctions. However, harder, is life without independence.”
The Iranian President said political freedom at home is important to his country. He added that, the oldest democracy in the Middle East, Iran is proud of its people determining their destiny and will not trade domestic freedom with foreign interference.
Rouhani underscored that Iran is not a bargaining chip in US elections and domestic policy, adding that any US administration after the upcoming elections will have no choice but to surrender to the resilience of the Iranian nation.
