Netanyahu’s UN address Kan’s speech and analysis

Feb 28

Kan airs Netanyahu defending attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities, recalling joint U.S.–Israeli missions and claiming military successes. He recounts visiting his brother before the 1967 war, the 1976 Entebbe rescue, the October 7 attacks, Shukron's killing, Neria Leiter's critical injury and Moshe Leiter's earlier death. He dismisses the scale of settler violence, accuses Qatar and Turkey of spreading hostile narratives, rejects Gaza genocide accusations and attacks Mamdani's conduct. Later he displays Starlink, accuses Iranian authorities of killing and maiming unarmed civilians and predicts the regime's eventual fall. His figures, accusations, historical recollections and predictions remain attributed. Kan's subsequent studio discussion questions the speech's domestic campaign focus, treatment of settler violence and absence of a new policy initiative; its correspondent separately describes the walkout. The address, historical occurrences and analysts' interpretations remain distinct accounts.

Ali Khamenei was killed in the opening U.S.–Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28. In his September UN address, Pezeshkian recalls the killing, attributes it to Iran's adversaries and calls it unjustified. IRINN's speech, social-media and street-reaction coverage recounts his display of the late leader's image; Vremya carries his accusation. In the September 24 Fox interview, Pezeshkian again condemns the killing alongside attacks on scientists, commanders and officials. Kan's September 24 broadcast carries Netanyahu recalling Khamenei among adversaries he says are dead and characterizing them as terrorists and mass murderers. That characterization remains Netanyahu's claim, alongside the Iranian accounts. IRINN's September 23 and 25 rally retrospectives allege that the late leader's fist stayed clenched in his final moments and use it as a symbol of continuing resistance. Those broadcasts do not independently establish his final gesture or the circumstances of his death. The later speeches, photo display and nightly gatherings remain distinct occurrences; their recollections do not move the original killing to September.