🔻Masoud Pezeshkian, the President of Iran, said that for a trip to the United States, permission from Mojtaba Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, is not necessary.

Mr. Pezeshkian, in an interview with the CBS news network in the United States, and in response to the question: “When you saw Mojtaba Khamenei, did you ask him for permission to come to America?” said: “Our presence in America does not necessarily require permission. We informed them that we are coming, but our trips are under the government’s purview.”

The interview took place during Mr. Pezeshkian’s presence in New York to take part in the United Nations General Assembly, and the Persian text of it is also available on the official website of the Presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Earlier, the Iranian president had told the Fox News network that the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran is a “policymaker” and that “implementation and governance are in the hands of the government.”

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