Demonstrators protest Iranian regime outside United Nations headquarters
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 23, 2026, portraying his nation as a victim of American and Israeli terrorism...
- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani addressed the crowd, characterizing the Iranian president as a murderer and a terrorist.
- Ambassador Marc Ginsberg urged Congress to pass the Maximum Support Act during the protests.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 23, 2026, portraying his nation as a victim of American and Israeli terrorism while thousands of demonstrators gathered outside to protest the regime. “They are terrorists. They must go!” shouted protesters who lined up outside the United Nations headquarters waving green, white, and red flags of the resistance during the two-day demonstration documented by Fox News. Demonstrators and former officials condemn Iranian leadership
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani addressed the crowd, characterizing the Iranian president as a murderer and a terrorist. “It is useless to negotiate with them because they are terrorists, murderers, possibly in some ways insane religious maniacs,” Giuliani told the gathering, according to Fox News reporting. Retired Lt. General Keith Kellogg, who served in both Trump administrations, also spoke to the demonstrators, calling for an end to the current government. “It is time now to free Iran from the mullahs,” Kellogg said, pointing to a roadmap for a secular, non-nuclear republic. Calls for policy shifts and internal change
Former U.S. Ambassador Marc Ginsberg urged Congress to pass the Maximum Support Act during the protests. The proposed legislation aims to crack down on Iranian state resources, confiscate government assets, and support internet freedom for citizens. “All you have to do, President Trump, is to provide the funding and the support that we need, the tools the Iranian people need,” Ginsberg said. Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)—the group that sponsored the protest—delivered a video message asserting that the population has rejected all forms of dictatorship. Alireza Jafarzadeh, deputy director of the NCRI Washington, D.C., office, emphasized that external pressure remains a key solution. “The real Iran is represented by the people of Iran,” Jafarzadeh told Fox News. “The real change has to come from within.”
