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23 September 2026

Iran's president tells Trump it will never 'bend the knee'

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Iran's president tells Trump it will never 'bend the knee'

Masoud Pezeshkian's defiant speech to the UN comes after the US president threatened to "annihilate" Iran if a peace deal is not agreed soon.

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