[–] 25 points 12 hours ago* (1 child)

She's not unaware that China fought in WWII. She's a Taiwanese separatist. She's saying that ROC fought in WWII and not PRC. She wants KMT to overthrow mainland China. She's a fascist, not unaware of the history.

Trump is just repeating whatever Xi said. The flying tigers stuff was also in Xi's speeches.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

    His name is Steve Lookner. He lives in Boston. He's definitely a neoliberal or something. He'll say that he likes Atlantic Council and shit like that. However, he also shows the reporting from Iran news agencies, like Fars, IRNA, Tasnim, etc. Then he'll follow that up by immediately saying "I can't verify that because it's Iranian state media", which just makes him look bad because the Iranian media has been accurate more than the White House. I like that he restreamed footage of the 2025 Iran National funeral and the 2026 Iran National funeral. His opinions suck but his reporting is very quick and detailed.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Lookner

    https://nitter.click/lookner

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 17 hours ago*

    https://archive.is/SdFlX (telegraph)

    Telegraph UK newspaper published photos of the vans allegedly involved in the incident. The vans had fake logo of a company called 'Fuel2u'. The real company 'Fuel2u' published a statement on their website denying involvement in the incident.

    OFFICIAL STATEMENT REGARDING THE INCIDENT NEAR RAF FAIRFORD - 27th September 2026

    Fuel2U is aware of reports and images circulating in connection with today’s serious incident near RAF Fairford, in which a vehicle appears to display Fuel2U.

    We want to make it absolutely clear that neither the vehicle nor any of the individuals involved has any connection whatsoever with Fuel2U, its directors, employees or current business operations.

    We are extremely concerned that our company’s name have been used without our knowledge or permission. We are cooperating fully with the relevant authorities and will assist them with any enquiries.

    Fuel2U strongly condemns any unlawful or dangerous activity. We thank the police, emergency services and specialist teams for their continuing work to protect the public and investigate this matter.

    We understand that people may have questions, but we respectfully ask that members of the public do not contact or threaten our staff. Any threatening or abusive communications will be recorded and reported to the police.

    Fuel2U Ltd

    https://archive.is/kRzm9 (fuel2u website)

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 18 hours ago* (1 child)

    A contradiction in the reporting has been that there was originally a woman who called in a tip about the suspects, but hours later, Trump and the US military said that they were surveilling the suspects long before the suspects were arrested.

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    I recommend the youtube channel 'Grant Harting', he promotes himself as 'licensed pharmacist in 4 states'. He makes videos where he analyzes pills like this and sends them to a lab. He finds that most gas-station-pills that look like this contain Sildenafil/Viagra and are illegally manufactured. The videos are fun to watch.

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    Statement from UK's Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

    I know today's incident near RAF Fairford will be deeply concerning for local residents and for many people following developments across the country.

    My thanks go to Gloucestershire Police, Counter Terrorism Policing, our Armed Forces and all those working to keep the public safe.

    I am especially grateful to those residents who have been asked to leave their homes while precautionary checks are carried out.

    The safety and security of the public is our first priority, and I want people to know that we will always take every step necessary to protect our communities and keep our country safe.

    The investigation remains ongoing, and I would urge people not to speculate while the authorities establish the full facts.

    https://nitter.click/andyburnham/status/2104225019941277824

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  • [–] [S] 20 points 20 hours ago* (2 children)

    viewer poll on a independent news channel on youtube. lmao. 72% of 1800 viewers polled believe that Iran was involved in this incident.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    I made this comm with the intention of showcasing websites hosted in DPRK. The comm has one simple rule, every post must contain a link to a website that ends with .kp. This is because DPRK owns the .kp TLD and therefore every website which ends with .kp is hosted in DPRK.

    NKeconomy is a website hosted in South Korea (ROK). The article is not entirely wrong but it includes opinions of people from South Korea. The article references a journal published by Kim Il Sung University. Here's what happened, the writer of the article went to the website for Kim Il Sung University, downloaded the pdf file from the website and then they wrote an article about their interpretation of the PDF.

    this is the link to the nkeconomy article. the link you posted is busted.

    https://www.nkeconomy.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=15653

    this is the link to the pdf file from the article, which matches the thumbnail image that you have. ryongnamsan.edu.kp is the URL of Kim Il Sung University. It ends with .kp because it is hosted in DPRK. The document is 12 pages and written in Korean language. I found the article by copy/pasting the journal list written on the nkeconomy article. There are 10,000 academic journal pdfs hosted on the Kim Il Sung University.

    http://www.ryongnamsan.edu.kp/univ/ko/research/journals/13/2024/2/03e4d3f831100d4355663f3d425d716b

    I'm not going to remove your post because it still does try to showcase a webpage that was hosted in DPRK. Also, I was able to find the webpage that is referenced.

    I would recommend that people who are interested in the topic of the thread, should read the full 12 page PDF. I don't know whether the NKeconomy article has misinformation about DPRK.

    Anyone who chooses to post on this comm must include a link to a .kp website in the post, as written in the sidebar of the comm and the stickied threads.

    My goal was to encourage hexbear users to explore the websites that are hosted in DPRK.

    If you have any questions or suggestions for the comm, please let me know. Thank you.

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    Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has welcomed China’s support for the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and called on the US to honor its commitments under the agreement.

    “I appreciate President Xi Jinping’s thoughtful and responsible support for a return to the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding and for resolving differences through dialogue and diplomacy,” Pezeshkian wrote in a post on X on Friday.

    “Iran shares this approach and underscores the importance of returning to that understanding, honoring the commitments already agreed upon, and creating the conditions necessary for serious, substantive, and results-oriented negotiations to move forward,” he added.

    Pezeshkian also pointed to Tehran and Beijing’s shared emphasis on national sovereignty, de-escalation, and regional peace and stability.

    During his summit with US President Donald Trump on Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Washington to respect the June agreement with Iran and return to the diplomatic path outlined under the understanding.

    China had already called for the restoration of the Islamabad framework earlier this month, with Foreign Minister Wang Yi telling his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on September 16 that Beijing encouraged both sides to return to the MoU and resume negotiations on the basis of agreements already reached.

    Tehran has, meanwhile, presented a concrete diplomatic proposal to Washington, with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announcing on Friday that Iran had conveyed a seven-day plan through Qatar for ending the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

    “We have introduced a plan to the United States through the intermediaries that if certain conditions are met, the strait will be open in seven days,” Araghchi told reporters in New York.

    The Iranian foreign minister added that the proposal would take effect once Washington accepted its conditions, making clear that Iran would not accept “coercion, threats, or intimidation.”

    The MoU was signed on June 17 following Pakistani and Qatari mediation and established a framework for ending the latest round of aggression against Iran, which began on February 28 when the US and Israel attacked hundreds of targets across Iran and assassinated several Iranian officials, including the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

    In response, Iran’s Armed Forces began striking US and Israeli assets across the region with barrages of drones and missiles, inflicting heavy losses on the aggressors.

    Following the agreement, Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz, which it had closed to US and allied vessels during the war.

    Not long after the signing of the MoU, the US imposed an illegal blockade on Iranian ports, prompting Tehran to close the strategic waterway once again.

    [–] 71 points 2 days ago* (5 children)

    For more context, the fascists in Japan are mad that Trump said that China was allied with the US during WWII because the fascists in Japan believe that KMT = China. The fascists in Japan are saying that the US allied with KMT during WWII and not PRC. Fascists in Japan are asserting that Taiwan is the "real" China.

    China was indeed an American ally during the war against Imperial Japan. But the China that the U.S. partnered with back then was the Republic of China (ROC), ruled by the Kuomintang (KMT), which later fled to Taiwan.

    The narrative of the Chinese Communist Party, however, is that it led the "liberation" of China, claiming full credit.

    https://archive.is/aNTYC (nikkei japanese news agency, nikkei also owns 'financial times' FT )

    I think maybe Japan fascists are trying to draw attention away from which side Japan was on in WWII.

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    Traditional Food of Korean Nation

    Pyongyang, September 24 (KCNA) -- On the day of Chusok (Harvest Moon Day), a folk holiday of Koreans, they prepared various dishes.

    Among them are Songphyon (a half-moon-shaped rice cake stuffed with beans and flavored with pine needles).

    On all other folk holidays, Koreans enjoy this dish. Such a rice cake is more delicious when it is made from new rice on the day of Chusok. The rice cake prepared on the day is called Chusok Songphyon.

    Every region of the country makes unique Songphyon of various shapes and sizes.

    In Kangwon Province, they make such a cake from potato farina and groundnuts.

    Chusok falls on the 25th of September (the 15th day of the eighth lunar month) this year. -0-

    http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/e7dd4865acc4141a6929f0af195b28c2

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    Press Statement of DPRK Foreign Minister

    Pyongyang, September 24 (KCNA) -- Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on Thursday released the following press statement "The DPRK remains unchanged in its will to keep nuclear weapons forever":

    The U.S., Japan and the ROK fully expressed their anachronistic and confrontational nature once again to remain invariably hostile to the DPRK by raising the unrealistic "denuclearization" target.

    At the tripartite talks held on the sideline of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, the diplomatic authorities of the U.S., Japan and the ROK made public a "joint statement", in which they reconfirmed the firm will to "denuclearize" someone according to the "resolution" of the UN Security Council.

    This proved once again that no matter how the U.S. and its allies change their expressions and let loose a string of rhetoric, they do not give up a daydream about "denuclearization" and can never drop it.

    It is not new that the "denuclearization" issue was discussed at the meeting of the U.S., Japan and the ROK which have adopted antagonism toward the DPRK as their state policies, and on the contrary, it would have been surprised and questionable if there had been no mention about it.

    As the foreign minister of the DPRK, I reaffirm and reconfirm in the strongest tone of voice the steadfast will of our state to keep nuclear weapons through all ages, which is irreversible in any case and will remain unchanged forever.

    The strong-arm policy against the DPRK came to failure, and any state or force can never compel us to withdraw from defending the national sovereignty and the core interests.

    The coexistence of confrontation and dialogue may be workable for anyone, but they can never be considerable one for the DPRK.

    Steadfast is our appreciation and stand that nuclear weapons are the core component of national sovereignty and the most reliable guarantee for defending sovereign rights that no one can provoke. And the more loudly the U.S. and its allies may cry out for "denuclearization", the more it will only prove the validity of our state's just access to nuclear weapons and give a justification for strengthening them and harden its stand against the U.S. and the enemies.

    To deny the reality is to give up the future.

    There is no change in the fact that the DPRK's position as a nuclear weapons state will be everlasting as inviolable one in disregard of the hostile forces' rhetorical assertion, and it is inevitable to reorganize and fix the geopolitical structure centered on the DPRK with nukes. -0-

    http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/75c7c76711171497b098d4f5109fe0cc

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    Spokesman for DPRK Foreign Ministry Issues Press Statement

    Pyongyang, September 24 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea released the following press statement on September 24:

    A "joint statement" accusing the DPRK of its self-defensive nuclear activities was cooked up and released at a recent ministerial meeting of the "Friends of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty" held in New York.

    The Foreign Ministry of the DPRK strongly condemns and rejects as a grave political provocation against the DPRK such behavior of the hostile forces who took issue with the DPRK's legitimate and just exercise of its sovereign rights under the pretext of the promotion of earlier effectuation of the CTBT.

    The member states of the "Friends of the CTBT", which sponsored the recent ministerial meeting, are the allies or satellite countries of the U.S., the chief culprit systematically destroying the international nuclear non-proliferation system. So they have neither qualification nor face to debate the DPRK's legitimate exercise of its right to self-defence.

    It has been 30 years since the conclusion of the CTBT, but it has not yet come into effect. It is entirely because of the U.S. and its vassal forces which have openly committed criminal nuclear proliferation out of their wild ambition to secure their global nuclear hegemony.

    The U.S.-led nuclear proliferation, from the sharing of nuclear weapons with NATO in the 1950s and deployment of its nuclear weapons abroad to the emergence of the nuclear submarine alliance AUKUS and the transfer of nuclear submarine technology to the ROK, has been recorded as grave threats to international peace and security.

    In particular, remilitarization of Japan revealing its ill-intended scheme to arm itself with nuclear weapons through the modification of the Three Non-Nuclear Principles and the retrogressive constitutional amendments, oblivious of the lesson from its defeat in the Second World War, constitutes an actual security challenge to be strictly watched and deterred by the international community.

    The criminal acts of the countries failing to honour their nuclear-disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation duty are being connived at, but a sovereign state's legitimate exercise of its right to self-defence is being faulted. As such abnormal situation lingers, the international nuclear disarmament system and the nuclear non-proliferation system are being shaken to their roots.

    Such stereotyped racket of some dishonest forces has no impact on the DPRK's position as a nuclear weapons state.

    The DPRK will never tolerate any attempts to deny its national sovereignty and constitutional position but make positive contributions to the international efforts for ensuring peace of the Korean peninsula and the rest of the world as a responsible nuclear weapons state. -0-

    http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/165ae340c9698b65daf0af3ece1b2e74

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    WASHINGTON -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday gave remarks at the arrival ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, the United States.

    The following is the full text of the remarks:

    Honorable President Donald J. Trump and Mrs. Melania Trump,

    Ladies and Gentlemen,

    Dear Friends,

    I'm very glad to pay a state visit to your beautiful country, the United States of America. Thank you, President Trump and Mrs. Trump, for the warm hospitality you have extended to me and my wife. On behalf of the 1.4 billion and more Chinese people, I wish to begin by extending sincere greetings to the American people and warm congratulations on the 250th anniversary of the US independence.

    Both China and the United States are great countries, and both the Chinese and American peoples are great peoples. I am visiting the United States at President Trump's invitation to carry on our friendship, expand cooperation, and promote the well-being of both our peoples.

    Facing the changes in our world, in our times, and of historical significance today, China and the United States, as two major countries, shoulder a historic responsibility of advancing human development and progress.

    Mr. President, during your visit to China this year, we agreed to build a constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability, and this is widely welcomed by the people of our two countries and the international community. I am ready to work with you to steer the giant ship of China-US relationship on a steady course toward the future.

    -- We should strengthen communication. China and the United States are different in national conditions, but through candid, in-depth and continued dialogue, our two countries can understand each other better, seek common ground while shelving differences, and build up mutual trust. President Trump and I have respect for each other. We have built personal rapport and stayed in touch. We encourage our government departments, such as those in charge of foreign affairs, economic matters, financial cooperation, law enforcement and people-to-people exchanges, to catch up on strengthening contact, and we support our legislative bodies in increasing exchanges.

    -- We should cooperate with sincerity. The interests of China and the United States are deeply intertwined, and there is plenty of room for us to work together. China-US cooperation may not solve every problem in the world. But, without our cooperation, it would be hard to solve many of the world's problems. China keeps its door wide open, welcomes American companies wanting to invest and do business there. We hope Chinese companies are treated fairly here in the United States. Working together, we can lengthen the list of cooperation, and shorten the list of issues. Both China and the United States are leading nations in artificial intelligence. We have both the capability and responsibility to develop and manage AI for good, and ensure that the development of AI is always under human control and serves the well-being of the people. On counternarcotics and law enforcement, the Chinese side is willing to strengthen cooperation with the United States. Our two sides may also increase direct flights to facilitate two-way travel and trade.

    -- We should coexist in peace. As I have said many times, China and the United States, as two major countries, stand to gain from cooperation and will both lose in confrontation. We do not need to avoid mentioning competition, but our competition should be a healthy one and should be kept within bounds. It should be a race of catching up with one another, not a wrestle in which one either wins or loses. China and the United States must hold the line of no conflict and no confrontation between us, and we can certainly find the right path for our two great countries to get along on this planet we both call home. Our two militaries should maintain regular dialogue, and improve mechanisms for crisis communication and prevention. The Thucydides Trap can be overcome.

    Ladies and Gentlemen,

    Dear Friends,

    During the Second World War, Chinese and Americans fought shoulder to shoulder against fascist aggression. Chinese people have never forgotten that part of history, nor have the American people. The hope of the China-US relationship lies in our people, and its future lies with the young. I am glad to announce an invitation for 100,000 young Americans to visit China for exchanges and study in the coming five years.

    The giant panda has been an envoy of friendship between the Chinese and Americans. Here, I have a piece of good news. In a few days, two pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, will come to their new home in Zoo Atlanta and meet with the American people.

    Ladies and Gentlemen,

    Dear Friends,

    Achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and making America great again can go hand in hand. Let us meet the people's expectation and show our historical initiative. Let us keep advancing the cause of friendship between our two peoples and work together to build a better world!

    Thank you.

     

    Macklemore has announced the “Free Palestine” tour, with three shows set for Dublin (Oct. 26), Paris (Oct. 29) and London (Oct. 30). The news comes after the Grammy-winning rapper was infamously dropped as opener from Ed Sheeran‘s U.S. tour after making “Free Palestine” speeches while on stage at two concerts at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

    Per Live Nation, the “Free Palestine” tour will “bring Macklemore together with artists and friends for a series of performances that center Palestine and Palestinians, and help provide humanitarian aid and support to the movement.”

    Additionally, all proceeds from the concerts will benefit the following organizations: Anera, Glia, Gaza Soup Kitchen, Taawon, HEAL Palestine, Palestinian Youth Movement, Middle East Children’s Alliance, Jewish Voice for Peace, Medical Aid for Palestinians. Institute for Middle East Understanding, Palestine Children’s Relief Fund and UNRWA USA.

    “If these last couple of weeks have shown us anything, it’s that something has shifted over the last three years,” Macklemore wrote in a statement on Instgaram while announcing the tour. “There has been a collective awakening around Palestinian liberation, the power of billionaires that try to censor that call, and what we expect from artists right now.”

    “It’s 2026. Being apolitical during a genocide doesn’t work anymore,” he continued. “People are asking artists to show up, educate themselves and be in community. To use the stage for more than entertainment. To push back when the call for a Free Palestine is met with attempts to silence it… What happened to me is bigger than one artist or one stage. When the billionaire class can decide which voices are allowed on stage and which ones are too dangerous to hear, everyone should be paying attention.”

     

    Full transcript below. I downloaded it from the UN website. I verified that it matched the video, there was 1 typo.

    I had prepared a speech to present to you yesterday.
    The United States President described us as terrorists.
    We have been the victims of terrorism.
    I come from an Iran in which our esteemed Supreme Leader was assassinated without any legal framework or reason.

    I come from an Iran where, in truth, they bombed a school.
    You see these children?
    These children perished under bombs, with weapons used by the United States and Israel.
    They were innocent, had committed no crimes.

    Lamerd, one of the small cities in a province in Iran, a sports hall where children were busy playing.
    The United States, by using weapons with multiple warheads, targeted that sports hall.
    They martyred, assassinated, our scientists, our men, women, and children.
    Innocent children who, in truth, had committed no crimes, no sins.

    Those who are terrorists and train and protect terrorists describe us as such.
    We have only defended ourselves.
    We are not terrorists.
    Our innocent people have been the targets of cowardly attacks and aggressions imposed upon our country, and we defended ourselves with utmost strength.

    America and Israel attacked us, equipped with the latest technology and weapons systems, and our people stood steadfast.
    Yes, they did hit us, but we did not bend the knee.
    We did not bow our head.
    We responded, but we did not hit civilian populations.

    They came into surrounding territories and targeted our universities, our healthcare centers, our schools, our hospitals, our infrastructures—all of it against international law.
    When I took over the responsibilities as President, they assassinated Ismail Haniyeh in Iran.
    On the day of my inauguration, Israel targets any neighborhood, in any city, in any province, commits assassinations like a true terrorist.
    In Gaza, over 80,000 innocent civilians have been murdered, brutally murdered.

    Hundreds of thousands have been displaced.
    They are committing genocide by using the so-called technologies that they have at their disposal.
    Then they label others as terrorists.
    Are we the sources of instability?

    We only seek to live independently.
    We are the ones who cause instability.
    Those who are committing terrorism and committing crimes, are they the protectors of peace and stability?
    None of the international laws have been adhered to by them.

    This is what we're facing.
    We don't want anything.
    We have received our response.
    We need strength, because a people which is unable to defend itself will be trampled upon in today's world.

    We live in a world in which the powerful, instead of thinking about humanity, justice, fairness, and democracy, they seem to be the protectors and creators of instability and destruction.
    Whomever they wish to discredit, they label them as terrorists.
    Two hundred years—for the past two centuries— Iran has not attacked any country or any territory, but we've always defended ourselves steadfastly.
    But now we're being accused of being source of instability in the region?

    We're labeled terrorists?
    And this has made it so that the path that we have chosen for ourselves requires power to defend ourselves.
    We do not seek power in order to attack or commit aggression.
    We seek energy for progress, not to threaten societies with weapons.

    And we wish to cooperate and collaborate for security.
    The people of Iran, in the past 7 months, our people, have been in the streets every night demonstrating in support of their land, of their homeland, so as to not allow those who were equipped and trained and armed by Israel and America to cause disruption in the security of their country.
    For 7 months, day and night, they've been present in the streets.
    They are our source of power and our support.

    And that's why we stand fast.
    Iran must be powerful so as to avoid being threatened, to avoid its future being threatened.
    We do not wish to use our power for hegemony, and we do not seek our security in the insecurity of others.
    Vis-à-vis Iran's defense, our defensive systems have been built so that no one can think that bombing of Iranian cities will go unanswered.

    That is why we have the military power we do for defense.
    But we say it clearly: in order to defend our country, we do not seek anyone's permission or approval.
    We seek energy for progress.
    For years, there have been—they have labeled centrifuges, international sanctions, other labels—when it comes to our nuclear technology.

    But for our country, peaceful nuclear technology is part of our inherent progress.
    For our sick people, it is cure and treatment.
    For the agricultural sector, it is food security.
    For industry, it is advancement and progress and supply of electrical energy.

    Iran does not accept for nuclear technology to be at the exclusive disposal of some, of a handful.
    We will not— we will not bow our head and give up the right that is inherently ours.
    We say it clearly: no nuclear weapons, and no limitations to peaceful nuclear technology.
    Our peace will not come in the field of battle.

    But they must give the needed security to the people and nation of Iran.
    We seek cooperation in order to have security.
    We live in a region in which warfare knows no borders.
    Crisis in one land will spill into the surrounding nations.

    That's why Iran does not see her neighbors as security rivals.
    We want to have strong neighbors.
    In waters in the Strait of Hormuz, we do not— we cannot let some have free access and gain their interests from a waterway while at the same time using that waterway to impose their aggressions upon us, to impose insecurity upon us, to forbid us access to our own waterways.
    They close access for us to our own waterway, yet they keep supplying missiles and deadly military technologies to bring insecurity to all of the lands surrounding that waterway.

    We will not succumb to that.
    The expansion of warfare will not result in security.
    One cannot create chaos for the coastal countries seeking naval security.
    Excellencies, vis-à-vis Palestine, Palestine remains an open wound on the conscience of the international community, and Gaza remains a symbol of the failure of international mechanisms to prevent civilian suffering.

    For decades, resolutions have been adopted, yet occupation and violence have continued.
    We cannot speak of peace while ignoring Palestine.
    Lasting peace in West Asia is impossible without justice for Palestine.
    As long as occupation, aggression, and injustice persist in the world, resistance will continue.

    If it is weakened in one form, it will reemerge in others, perhaps stronger still.
    Gaza, despite relentless killing and widespread devastation, has strengthened the people's faith in resistance.
    And resistance cannot be destroyed by bombs and siege.
    This is human nature.

    If a human being is driven from his or her land, they will resist.
    If their homes are subjected to bombings and aggression and attacks, they will resist.
    What other choice do they have?
    Succumb to bullying?

    To be driven from their homes, from their lands, and remain silent in the face of these threats and dangers?
    And when they defend themselves, they're labeled as terrorists?
    The language makes it, unfortunately, clear the type of world that we're living in today.
    Our regional issues must be resolved in the region, at the hands of the countries in the region, without becoming a toy in the hands of outside aggressors.

    No relationship with a foreign power can become the tools of threatening neighboring countries in the region.
    And now, a few words with those who are responsible for having planned and carried out aggressions against our country and our people have experienced firsthand the result of their deadly aggression.
    And they have tested the strength and the steadfastness of Iran, and they have learned that Iran cannot be made to surrender.
    Iran has never, ever been an aggressor, has never started a war, and has always shown her commitment to the negotiating table.

    They imposed the war on us, but we proved—we have proven—that we're not afraid of fighting, of war, a war that is defensive in nature.
    And we will stand in defense of our beloved Iran, our homeland, until our last breath.
    Ladies and gentlemen, the topic of this gathering is mutual trust.
    That cannot be achieved through words only, but by abstaining from using double standards.

    Atomic and nuclear bombs are in the hands of the Israeli regime, but the inspectors are requested to come to Iran.
    Israel has murdered savagely over 70,000 innocents in Gaza, but Iran, while behind the table of negotiation, was bombed.
    Israel has the bombs, has weapons of mass destruction, not a member of the Non-Proliferation Treaty during her shameful life has not allowed a single inspection.
    But they are rewarded by all the means necessary for them to be able to bomb any capital in the region at will.

    I will repeat: the nuclear weapon is in Israel, but the inspectors in Iran.
    Israel kills, but Iran is subject to sanctions.
    This is a true tragedy, which would make anyone hearing it laugh, at best.
    They kill, we are sanctioned, we are punished.

    Those who are ill, innocent people, the poor, the least privileged in our society, are the targets of these sanctions.
    And this is what the United States seeks to do with all countries: to sacrifice the population of a country in order to achieve her illegitimate goals.
    If we seek true peace and stability, we must apply a single standard for all.
    Iran does not seek special treatment.

    We seek equal rights.
    We assume the responsibility, accept the responsibility that comes with it.
    But Iran, during her prideful history, has learned the following lesson: a world without power is dangerous, but a world that only understands the language of war and bullyism will not be safe.
    When we seek to have agendas to implement that only adhere to the benefits of a few privileged, we will have a world in disarray.

    But we see that this will become a world much more dangerous for all of us.
    We must not allow the 21st century to go back to an era of only the powerful and the bullying powers and the hegemons.
    We must not build a world in which military power replaces legitimacy, terrorism replaces politics and negotiations, and war replaces dialogue and diplomacy.
    Iran extends her hand towards the world.

    We invite the world.
    We call the world, not out of weakness, but out of a deep belief in our own power and steadfastness, to cooperate and collaborate.
    Because of a deep belief that no one in this region will have security alone.
    Either we will build it together, or we will have to live under insecurity together.

    We seek to think about a world future in which security, fairness, justice, human dignity will become unalienable rights for all people, for all humans.
    A future in which no people are driven to the sidelines, no voice is lost in the chaos of power, and no power will have the right to determine the future of a people other than those people themselves.
    If we truly seek to have an order based on international law and standards, it must be based in justice, common human will, uplifting human dignity.
    Because a peace that does not encompass all is no peace, and fairness and justice that does not embrace all is not worthy of being called justice and fairness.

    But going back to the words of the President of the United States yesterday shows those who are experts in international law and dialogue and diplomacy and basic human standards that everything other about our country goes against the very essence and charter and the spirit of the United Nations.
    He must know that the resistance of the Iranian people will only increase in the face of sanctions, increased pressure, increased bullying.
    We will never bow our head or bend at the knee.
    Iran must be understood by Mr. Trump and those who seek to bully us that we are ready for dialogue and diplomacy and negotiations without accepting the language of force.

    I truly appreciate your time and presence here.
    May God bless you all.

    https://gadebate.un.org/en/81/iran-islamic-republic

     

    Press Statement of DPRK Foreign Ministry Spokesperson

    Pyongyang, September 21 (KCNA) -- A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea released the following press statement on Monday:

    The foolish behavior of the U.S. and the West is again sparking off criticism and ridicule of the world as they have openly ignored the principles of international law with respect for sovereignty and non-interference as the core and sought to save the structure of sanctions and pressure on the DPRK from its total bankruptcy.

    Recently, the U.S.-led "multilateral sanctions monitoring team (MSMT)" cooked up and announced a "report" pulling up the beneficial and routine economic cooperative relations between the DPRK and other countries and thus vividly revealed its true colors as a plot-breeding organization which distorts normal as abnormal and brands legal as illegal.

    The MSMT is a ghost group lacking any legality in the justification and purpose of existence. Its illegal act committed under the signboard of implementing the UN "resolution" is just a violation of the UN Charter and international law and a mockery of the international community.

    The U.S.-led isolated minority group has never been given the mission and authority to act on behalf of the UN, and "resolutions" against the DPRK cooked up by the UN Security Council wantonly violating the sovereignty and the rights to development of a sovereign state have never been recognized by the DPRK.

    What the MSMT, made up of pseudo experts addicted to the compilation of sanctions, has done is nothing but to devise all sorts of conspiracy theories under the U.S. command, and there is no room for discussion about the reliability and objectivity of such documents they have produced.

    The DPRK's relations of exchange and cooperation with other countries cannot be subject to interference or investigation of a third party in any case as they are the exercise of legitimate rights under bilateral and multilateral treaties and agreements.

    The UN Charter stipulates as one of the main purposes of the UN to develop friendly relations among nations on the principle of equality and self-determination, and the declaration on the principles of international law on friendship and cooperation among nations under the UN Charter, adopted as Resolution 2625 of the UN General Assembly, specifies that any country or group of states has no right to interfere in the internal affairs and external affairs of other countries.

    What should be questioned and rejected in the present international relations are bad behaviors of the U.S. and the West openly conducted worldwide, in contravention of the purpose and principle of the UN Charter which disallows the use of and threat by force against the political independence and territorial integrity of any country.

    No matter how zealously the U.S. and the West resort to chop logic, it is unchangeable that the MSMT is no more than a political tool for ensuring their specific interests and pressurizing sovereign states.

    No matter what new document of sanctions the hostile forces may cook up and no matter what semblance of "legality" they may give to their illegal conspiratorial organization, they cannot break the steadfast will of the DPRK to thoroughly defend its core interests and grow stronger nor check its constant development trend.

    The DPRK, as in the present so in the future, too, will never tolerate the malicious attempt of the hostile forces to bind and obstruct the state development and normal and reciprocal cooperative relations of independent countries but will strongly counter it and thoroughly defend the dignity and development interests of the state. -0-

    http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/b3ad05c03f927588e45a9d940f638e55

    https://archive.is/57AJw

     

    UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on ​Tuesday said US government ‌documents would use "super intelligence" going forward instead of ​artificial intelligence, and ​repeated his previous calls about ⁠AI warnings being ​a hoax.

    "From this point ​forward, all of United States documents, and hopefully the world's ​will be changed ​to use the much more ‌accurate ⁠term 'super' as opposed to artificial. So it's super intelligence," Trump said ​in a ​UN ⁠General Assembly speech.

    "I'm not going ​to stifle growth of ​something ⁠that will be bigger than the industrial ⁠revolution," ​he said.

     

    DPRK Missile Administration Tests New, Important Combat Weapon System

    Pyongyang, September 22 (KCNA) -- The Missile Administration of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea successfully tested a new-type weapon, which is of great significance in the rapid technological development of weapon systems, on September 20.

    The test did not have any adverse impact on the security of neighboring countries.

    It is an extension of the regular activities of the DPRK Missile Administration and its defence science research institutes aimed at implementing the national defence policy.

    Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, oversaw the test.

    Saying that the test was undoubtedly a striking demonstration of ultra-modern defence technology and clear progress in the modernization of the armed forces, he stressed that it represents the irresistible might.

    To acquire such a technology is of weighty significance in the state's readiness for war and the future development of the armed forces, he said, adding that the enemy will know better what such progress means without any explanation in the aspect of military technology. He affirmed that such reality would give the enemy an incurable headache and a very cruel and unavoidable blow.

    Today's success is the priceless fruit brought by a special think tank of the sci-tech forces involved in development of the important weapon system for a specific purpose and their sincere efforts, he said, expressing thanks to the Missile Administration and its defence science institutes and working groups. -0-

    http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/43471f3e8d3913afbf81811967e5fbdf

    https://archive.is/JR8z7

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