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Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to the U.N. General Assembly to use the podium in front of other world leaders as a "loudspeaker for justifying war and aggression," but he argued the mass-walkout by dozens of other delegations "spoke louder than any speech."

"The world is not fooled by narrative-building," Gharibabadi wrote in a post on X Thursday evening. "History will judge crime, occupation and aggression, not propaganda displays in New York."

As Netanyahu took the stage in New York Thursday, many attendees walked out, but CBS News has not confirmed Gharibabadi's claim that 77 national delegations left the chamber.

"If there are any other moral cowards who haven't yet left this hall, please do so now," Netanyahu said as the officials filed out, before launching into a defense of his country's actions in Iran and across the Middle East.

"We will continue to defend our state. We will continue to win because we have no other choice," he said, adding his thanks to President Trump for supporting Israel throughout the interlinked wars in the Middle East.