Iran president: US and Israeli attacks inflicted ‘grievous blow’ on global trust

Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters. Picture: Yuki Iwamura/AP

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has criticised Israeli and US attacks in June as inflicting “a grievous blow upon international trust and the very prospect of peace in the region” as he took the stage at the UN.

His comments at the General Assembly are the first time he has spoken in a global forum since the 12-day Israel-Iran war over the summer that saw the assassination of many of the Islamic Republic’s highest military and political leaders.