The president of Iran plans to visit New York City next month — just days after state media threatened to nuke it.
Iranian government spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi announced the president's plans to visit the Big Apple at a press conference on Tuesday. He said President Ebrahim Raisi is in the process of laying the groundwork for the tip to attend the 77th session of the U.N. General Assembly set to be held Sept. 13.
The announcement comes just days after Iranian state media declared that it might obliterate New York City with a nuclear warhead.London-based Iran International reported that Bisimchi Media, an outlet connected with the Iranian government's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, released a short video titled"When Will Iran’s Sleeping Warheads Awaken," according to Fox News.
The video claims that Iran has the capability to build nuclear warheads quickly"if the U.S. or the Zionist regime make any stupid mistakes." It can do this by utilizing secret underground facilities that can withstand both ground-penetration bombs and a nuclear explosion, the video says.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
The video may play a role in President Joe Biden's decision on whether to allow Raisi to visit next month, something several Republican lawmakers have urged him not to do. Seven Republican senators sent a letter to Biden on Wednesday, urging him to deny Raisi and the Iranian delegates' visas, according to the Jerusalem Post. In the letter, they cite Raisi's involvement in human rights violations, as well as Iranian threats to U.S. national security.
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