Invited by Russia, Iran’s Foreign Minister Arrives at UN Despite Reports of Tehran Assassination Plot Against Trump

Unlike in past sessions, no diplomat — not even the American UN ambassador, Linda Thomas-Greenfield — left the floor while Ali Bagheri Kani expressed Iran’s genocidal sentiments.

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Iran's acting foreign minister, Ali Bagheri Kani, during a news conference at Beirut, Lebanon, June 3, 2024. AP/Hassan Ammar

The acting foreign minister of the Islamic Republic, Ali Bagheri Kani, is freely propagandizing at New York this week, even though an Iranian plot to assassinate President Trump has recently been widely reported. 

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