Thousands of Iranian-Americans and supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) assembled at Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza outside the United Nations Headquarters on September 23, 2026, protesting the Iranian regime president's address to the UN General Assembly. Prominent American political figures and international dignitaries joined demonstrators to condemn human rights violations and rising executions in Iran, explicitly rejecting both theocratic dictatorship and monarchical rule.