🔶 Pezeshkian: The Leader has ordered an end to the “not war, not peace” situation

The president of Iran says that Mojtaba Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, has ordered that the “not war, not peace” situation be brought to an end.

Massoud Pezeshkian, who spoke on Monday, 18 Aban, in a ceremony in Tehran, added: “We can discuss with dignity and conclude the matter with dignity. We are people of dialogue and negotiations, and logic dictates that if we can obtain our rights through dialogue, we will not involve ourselves in war. But we will not surrender in the face of force and bullying either.”

Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since the time of the U.S. and Israel attacks on 9 Esfand last year, which led to his father’s death, the previous leader of the Islamic Republic.

Since, in March, the government selected him as the new leader, written messages attributed to the new leader have been published, but they have not been able to dispel suspicions about him being killed or injured in that attack.