Iranian president speaks of 'justice’ to UN as protests consume his country with demands for regime change
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi criticized enemies of Iran for "hypocrisy" and claimed his country stood for justice while protesters outside told a different story.
Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter with a focus on national and global news.
"All of the hopes and aspirations of humankind are built on justice, and they have the capacity for the creation of such a framework of all-encompassing justice, which means elimination of injustice," Raisi said. "We are defenders of a fight against injustice in all of its forms, against humanity, against spirituality, against the Almighty, against the people of the world."
Protests have broken out across Iran following the death of 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by the morality police for not wearing her hijab (headscarf). The police rushed Amini to a hospital shortly after she fell into a coma during her detention, claiming she had collapsed. But her family said they saw evidence of beatings.