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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian addressed the UN General Assembly with a defiant speech declaring Iran will never 'bend the knee,' responding to Trump's earlier threat to 'annihilate' Iran if no peace deal is reached. The US allowed an Iranian delegation, including Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Araghchi, to attend the UN gathering in New York as the war with Israel and the US passes its six-month mark. In a separate CBS News interview around the same visit, Pezeshkian said Iran would allow UN nuclear inspectors to return if an agreement could be reached within broader negotiations, while reiterating that Tehran is not seeking to build a nuclear weapon. The remarks signal a possible diplomatic opening even as rhetoric between Washington and Tehran remains combative.