Presidential aide says NBC to air ‘important message’ by Pezeshkian
Mohammad-Mehdi Tabatabai, an aide to the Iranian president, said NBC television will broadcast an “important message” from the President Masoud Pezeshkian on January 15.
Tabatabai, deputy director of communication and information at the presidential office, made the remarks in a message posted on his X account on Tuesday.
In his message, Tabatabai said Iran seeks peace and de-escalation in the region and the world, condemns warmongering, encroachments, and genocide by the Israeli regime and is ready for equal and honorable negotiation.
Pezeshkian has consistently advocated for regional and global peace.
“We desire friendly relations with the countries of the region and the world, and we are striving to establish peace and security both inside and outside the country,” he said last month during a visit to North Khorasan province.
Since taking office in July, the Iranian president has also repeatedly called for negotiations with the West and easing tensions over the country’s nuclear program in order to remove illegal sanctions imposed on Iran.
Pezeshkian’s interview with the American television comes days before the beginning of the US President Donald Trump’s new term.
During his first term, Trump ordered the withdrawal of the US from the UNSC-endorsed 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers and re-imposed severe economic sanctions against Tehran while Iran was adhering to its commitments under the deal and even continued to do so for a year after the US withdrawal.
Tehran scaled back its commitments to the agreement in a series of pre-announced and clear steps after witnessing the other parties’ failure to secure its interest under the agreement.