President calls for peace, not war
By Ebrahim Beheshti
Staff writer
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has indeed taken a message of peace and security to the United Nations General Assembly, just as he had emphasized. In his meetings with officials and delegations from other countries, he and his entourage have been hammering home the point that the Iranian people and government are committed to peace. As a result, they believe that dialogue and engagement are the best ways to iron out differences with other countries, as well as to resolve regional and international crises.
In a meeting with US media representatives, Pezeshkian stated, “We are not in the least interested in sparking war and insecurity, and we have never launched an attack on any country. We want to build up our defensive capabilities to ensure the security and protection of our people and country, not to wage war or create insecurity... We believe that the spread of war in the region serves no country’s interests, but it is the Zionist regime (of Israel) that is bent on fanning the flames of war and expanding the scope of insecurity in the region.”
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