Iran's president heads for U.N. summit ahead of possible Trump meeting
Iran's president said before departing for New York that he would "firmly defend" his country's positions at the U.N. General Assembly.
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Based in the CBS News London bureau since 2006, Tucker Reals graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2000 with a degree in broadcast journalism. He started his career that year at The Associated Press Television News' broadcast hub for the Americas in Washington, D.C., before moving to its global headquarters in London. His career has been shaped by and focused largely on geopolitics and conflict in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States.
Iran's president said before departing for New York that he would "firmly defend" his country's positions at the U.N. General Assembly.
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