🔻 While diplomatic efforts to prevent escalation in the conflict between Iran and the United States have accelerated, Masoud Pezeshkian has emphasized prioritizing diplomacy over war.

The President of Iran said: “We can, with dignity, settle the matter through dialogue. We are people of dialogue and negotiation, and reason dictates that if we can obtain our rights through dialogue, we should not involve ourselves in war.”

However, Mr. Pezeshkian also stressed that Iran “will not give in to force and bullying.”

The remarks come as, amid growing concerns about the risk of escalation in tensions between Iran and the United States, Qatar’s prime minister has traveled to Washington and is scheduled to meet and hold talks with Donald Trump within hours.

Meanwhile, the dispute between Iranian and American officials over Tehran’s proposed plan to resolve the dispute between the two sides has intensified.

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