Iran's president on Sunday defended a memorandum of understanding with the United States as the best way out of a stalled war while the new head of the Islamic Republic's top security body took a more defiant stance.

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Pezeshkian conceded the “severe” economic impact the war has had on Iran and rebuked colleagues who stand against a peace deal.