Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, delivered a defiant speech today in front of the U.N. General Assembly in Manhattan. He accused the U.S. of flouting international law by targeting civilian infrastructure, said Iran would never accept limits on its civilian nuclear program, and promised his country would defend itself until “its last breath.” Pezeshkian left the door open for peace talks. As he spoke, the lone American diplomat sitting in the hall left. It was the first time in the U.N.’s 81-year history that the president of a country at war with the U.S. had addressed the Assembly.

Earlier this year, Pezeshkian was helping run his country from an underground bunker, shielding himself from American aerial attacks. Now, he is being protected by the Secret Service, allowing him to cruise through the city in convoys of S.U.V.s. “Iran must be powerful to avoid being threatened,” Pezeshkian said, promising his country would not be bullied by the U.S. His speech barely exceeded the U.N.’s 15-minute limit.

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, warned in his speech that Russia’s “ridiculous and never-ending war” would soon spread to other parts of Europe. He called for increased economic pressure on Moscow. Police increased security around the U.N. headquarters after three people emerged from a manhole.