Iranian UN delegate slams Netanyahu speech
Iran's UN delegation took the floor to criticize the address by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN General Assembly.
An Iranian diplomat took the floor after the scheduled UN General Assembly speeches Sept. 29 and read a statement criticizing the address that had been made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu, who spent a considerable part of his speech warning about the dangers of the Iranian government and its ambitions, particularly its nuclear program, urged the world to not forget Iran as it builds a coalition to fight against the threat of the Islamic State.
The statement from the Iranian UN mission, read by counselor Javad Safaei, called Netanyahu’s speech a “senseless rhetorical statement.” In regard to the 50-day Israeli-Gaza war, a war in which “all international norms and laws were blatantly flouted,” Netanyahu “tried in vain to wash his hands of the most recent bloodbath in Gaza,” the statement read.
