Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani delivers clear and calm rebuttal of Trump’s hostile remarks at UN
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By Adam Garrie | The Duran
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has addressed the General Assembly in a short speech that primarily covered Iran’s foreign policy outlook, its specific goals for peace and an unambiguous warning against anyone who seeks to undermine the 2013 JCPOA (aka the Iran nuclear deal).
President Rouhani used the word ‘moderation’ throughout the speech. He characterised Iran’s history, contemporary outlook and policy positions as quintessentially moderate.
After paying tribute to Iranian voters who recently re-elected him as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, he then set out to define Iran’s definition of moderation in the following way.
“Moderation is the inclination as well as the chosen path of the great Iranian people. Moderation seeks neither isol...
