Pezeshkian: Atomic bomb is in Israel, inspectors in Iran

🔹In his UNGA address, President Masoud Pezeshkian rejected US accusations that Iran is a terrorist state: "We are the victims of terrorism."

🔹He cited the assassination of the martyred Leader, the Minab school massacre killing 168 students and teachers, and the cluster-bomb attack on Lamerd.

🔹"The atomic bomb is in Israel, but inspectors are in Iran. Israel kills, yet Iran is sanctioned."

🔹He reaffirmed Iran's peaceful nuclear aims: "We reject both nuclear weapons and deprivation of nuclear knowledge."

🔹"We are ready for dialogue, but won't accept the language of force," he told Trump.

Araghchi: I warned Europe against backing US-Israeli war crimes

🔹Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he warned EU's Kaja Kallas and other European officials about the "severe and long-term consequences" of facilitating US-Israeli war crimes in Gaza and Iran.

🔹"NATO's Secretary General should have realized by now that bowing to a bully never satisfies him," he said.

🔹The remarks followed NATO chief Mark Rutte's admission that "Epic Fury" was impossible without Europe as a platform. Rutte confirmed 5,000 aircraft have flown from European bases since February 28 in support of the operation.

Rezaei: Hormuz won't reopen until Iran's terms are met

🔹SNSC Secretary Mohsen Rezaei said the US failed to achieve any of its declared objectives against Iran.

🔹He called Trump's UN speech "the defense of a defeated criminal," noting it was the first time a US president's entire address revolved around Iran—proof that Iran is America's biggest problem.

🔹"Until our terms are implemented—conveyed through Pakistan, Qatar, and Iraq—neither the Strait of Hormuz will reopen nor will we negotiate. The US must first build trust through action," he said.

🔹He warned regional states against joining US adventurism.

US President Donald Trump has signed a commission permanently appointing Secretary of State Marco Rubio as National Security Adviser.

Rubio is the first person to hold both roles simultaneously since Henry Kissinger in the 1970s.

Iran's clear conditions conveyed to US via Qatar

🔹Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei revealed a message exchange between Iran and the US, mediated by Qatar, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

🔹"In this two-hour process, Tehran's explicit positions and conditions for reviving diplomacy were conveyed to the American side so no pretext remains," he said.

🔹Iran's demands include halting the naval blockade and economic terrorism, ending the war on all fronts, releasing frozen assets, and accepting a safe shipping route based on the two coastal states' understanding.

Pezeshkian meets Swiss President on UNGA sidelines

Ghalibaf: Pezeshkian voiced Iran's courage at UN

🔹Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf praised President Pezeshkian's UN General Assembly speech, saying he spoke "not only for a government, but on behalf of a three-thousand-year-old civilization."

🔹"He was the powerful voice of the courage, resistance, and steadfastness of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Long live the proud and resilient Iranian nation," Qalibaf wrote.

🔹Pezeshkian's address exposed US-Israeli crimes and reaffirmed Iran's readiness for dialogue while rejecting the language of force.

Iran's nuclear chief responds to Trump's claims: IAEA has had access to all our facilities

🔹Atomic Energy Organization of Iran head Mohammad Eslami stated that despite numerous IAEA inspections, "not a single non-compliance report exists" and the Agency has had access to all Iranian facilities.

🔹"They don't believe this truth because their goal is to stop our progress," he said, responding to Trump's claims about Iran's nuclear program.

The empty chairs of Minab

Thousands of schoolchildren gathered at Mashhad's Imam Reza shrine on the first day of school to honor the victims of the Minab school attack, where 168 were killed on February 28. The UN has found "reasonable grounds" to believe the US strike was a war crime. "The chairs are still empty," the writer says, "but Minab has not gone quiet. The names are still spoken."

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/530352/The-empty-chairs-of-Minab

'Shouldn't a school always be a safe place?': Minab student asks US schoolchildren

At a ceremony marking the new school year at Shajareh Tayyebeh School in Minab, a student read a message in English to American students. Recalling how over 120 children were killed on February 28, he asked: "Shouldn't a school always be a safe place?" He urged them to know Iran beyond headlines—"not the Iran distorted by American media, but the Iran of Persepolis and poetry."

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/530332/Shouldn-t-a-school-always-be-a-safe-place-Minab-student-asks