(25 Sep 2014)
Hundreds gathered in New York City to protest Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during his remarks before the U.N. General Assembly.
Former U.S. Senators Tom Daschle of South Dakota and Bob Torricelli of New Jersey joined human rights activist Kerry Kennedy in speaking out against the Iranian regime.
"I share your deep concern about the extraordinary deterioration of human rights in Iran," Daschle said.
Security was tight in the plaza outside the U.N. complex as chanting protesters gathered in the rain.
Organizers say they hope to spotlight what they call the Rouhani regime's poor record on human rights, its sponsorship of terrorism and its deception in nuclear negotiations.
"It is a government based not on the ballot box but upon the torture chamber," Kennedy said.
On Thursday, Rouhani told the U.N. that a nuclear agreement is possible before the November deadline. He also warned world leaders that Islamic terrorists' goal is to destroy civilization.
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