2024-09-28 07:31:28
Masoud Pazeshkian surprised American journalists in New York by taking a clear anti-war position. “What we can solve through dialogue, let’s not solve with missiles and weapons,” the president said.
In a surprising revelation, Iranian opposition news outlet Iran International published footage of Iranian President Masoud Pazeshkian telling American interlocutors that Iran was ready to lay down its arms if Israel did the same. “We are ready to lay down all our weapons if Israel does the same and an international organization comes to ensure security in the region,” the president said in the recording. “We don’t need these weapons. We know how to take care of our own safety,” he added.
Answering a separate question about the supply of Iranian weapons to the Russian Federation, Pazeshkian said: “Why should we kill each other instead of talking?”
He also made a veiled comment on the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, saying: “A terrorist is a terrorist, whether he is an Arab, a Persian or a Jew. Whether it is Israel, America or Iran, if you kill, you are a terrorist.”
Addressing the media representatives present, Pazeshkian concluded: “This is our whole point. You can report it however you want. Let’s not quarrel. What we can solve through dialogue, let’s not solve with missiles and weapons.” .
Earlier, Cursor wrote that Iran had found the “extreme” in the story with pagers.