Key Takeaways
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to attend UNGA session and defend Iranian people’s rights and beliefs.
- Pezeshkian’s speech at UNGA 79 to take place on September 24.
- Iranian President to meet with Iranian nationals, media directors, and high-ranking officials during his stay in New York.
Tehran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will depart for New York on Sunday to attend and deliver a speech at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 79), the official news agency IRNA reported Tuesday.
His speech is scheduled for September. 24, the first day of the high-level General Debate, during which he will expound on the Iranian people’s viewpoints, IRNA said.
Pezeshkian’s meetings in New York will include Iranian nationals, media directors, high-ranking officials, and religious leaders.
The president told a press conference in Tehran on Monday that his participation in the UNGA 79 would be aimed at defending the rights, attitudes, and beliefs of Iranians.
Pezeshkian was sworn in as Iran’s ninth president on July 30, replacing Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash in May.
