Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday that all major decisions in Iran are made in accordance with the directives of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, adding that communication between the two has increased in recent weeks.
Speaking during the National Industry and Mining Day ceremony, Pezeshkian said Khamenei had stressed in private meetings the need to end what he described as the state of “neither war nor peace.”
The president said Iran’s negotiating position included reopening the Strait of Hormuz to oil exports and addressing other key issues. He also accused the United States of failing to honour its commitments.
Pezeshkian further alleged that the United States was waging what he described as a “comprehensive war” aimed at creating internal pressure and destabilising the country. He said attacks on infrastructure were intended to weaken Iran but argued that national unity and the resilience of the country’s industrial sector had prevented those objectives from being achieved.
He added that, in his view, the failure of Iran’s adversaries to achieve their military objectives had led them to shift toward dialogue. Pezeshkian also urged domestic political figures not to undermine the work of Iran’s negotiating team through what he described as ill-considered public statements.
