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الرئيس الإيراني يرفع صوت الحق والمظلومية بالحقيبة المدرسية
Coverage of Masoud Pezeshkian’s Sept. 23, 2026 UN speech says he held up photographs, not a school backpack. AP, Reuters, and Anadolu each describe him displaying photos of Khamenei and schoolchildren/classroom victims.
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Multiple contemporaneous reports on Pezeshkian’s UN General Assembly speech contradict the post’s claim that he made the gesture with a school backpack.
- Associated Press reported: "While defending his country, Pezeshkian held up large photos of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the more than 150 school Iranian children killed on the first days of the war."
- Reuters reported that he began the address "holding up photos that included an image of schoolgirls in a classroom."
- Anadolu likewise described the event as Pezeshkian showing photos of children killed in the Minab school strike.
So the real event involved photographs/images, not a bloodied pink school backpack as shown in the post image. The post therefore misdescribes what Pezeshkian actually held up during the speech.
3 sources
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian shows photos of children killed in US strike on Minab school at UN General Assembly
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian shows photos of children killed in US strike on Minab school at UN General Assembly.
- In defiant speech, Pezeshkian calls out Trump and says Iran will fight 'until our last breath'
While defending his country, Pezeshkian held up large photos of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the more than 150 school Iranian children killed on the first days of the war.
- Iran's Pezeshkian accuses Trump of 'bullying mentality,' vows no surrender
Pezeshkian began his address by accusing the United States of killing civilians during the war, holding up photos that included an image of schoolgirls in a classroom.