Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian took the stage at the U.N. on Wednesday to blast Israeli and U.S. attacks in June as inflicting “a grievous blow upon international trust and the very prospect of peace in the region.”
His comments at the General Assembly are the first time he has spoken in a global forum since the 12-day Israel-Iran war over the summer that saw the assassination of many of the Islamic Republic’s highest military and political leaders.
Three people have been shot at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas and the shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons confirmed the shooting during an interview on CNN on Wednesday.
Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work after the firings left agencies “broken and understaffed.”
The General Services Administration has given the employees — who managed government workspaces — until the end of the week to accept or decline reinstatement. Those who accept must report to work on Oct. 6 after what amounts to a seven-month paid vacation.
Leila Montoya can be reached at mont1761@stthomas.edu.
