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Pezeshkian said the United States must decide whether to end the war with Iran
The Iranian president said Tehran does not want to keep fighting and maintained that he is still willing to reach an agreement with Washington. At the same time, Russia and Iran agreed in calling for a diplomatic solution in the Middle East.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the United States must decide whether it wants to end the war, asserting that Tehran does not want to continue the fighting. According to France 24, based on an interview aired by Fox News, the president said the problems should be resolved through dialogue and blamed Israel for having imposed the war.
According to that interview, Pezeshkian also said Iran is willing to strike a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump to end the conflict. He also questioned the collapse of a fragile ceasefire and said that if the current Washington administration wants to move forward with an understanding within international legal frameworks, Tehran is willing.
France 24 also reported that Pezeshkian maintained a defiant stance at the UN and said Iran will not bow to Washington, while Trump acknowledged that talks between the United States and Iran are still underway.
In that same diplomatic setting in New York, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araqchi, met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, both agreed that the tension in the Middle East unleashed by the war between the United States, Israel and Iran can only be resolved through diplomatic means.
France 24’s coverage also added other regional flashpoints. On one hand, it said that Saudi Arabia’s top religious authority called on the kingdom’s soldiers to be prepared to give their lives in the fight against Iran-backed Houthi rebels, amid weeks of escalating violence with missile and drone attacks by the group and Saudi bombardments in response.
On the other, it said Turkey rejected at the UN the accusations made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a tyrant and accused him of harboring Hamas leaders. The Israeli leader’s speech triggered a strong reaction in the General Assembly, with delegations leaving the chamber amid boos and protests.
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