UNGA: Pezeshkian's nuclear declaration shocks US 24 hours after Trump's Iran threat from same stage?

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian reiterated at the UN General Assembly that Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons, while defending what he described as the country's inherent right to peaceful nuclear technology. Pezeshkian said Iran would not give up that right and called for no nuclear weapons alongside no restrictions on peaceful nuclear development. He also criticised US sanctions, arguing that they disproportionately affect poor, sick and vulnerable Iranians.