Iran’s president calls for ‘unity, collective decision-making’ amid escalation with US

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that Iran needs “unity, collective decision-making and coordination among all state institutions” amid military escalation with the US. “The government would use all available capacities to reform unjust structures and continue serving the people,” Pezeshkian said in statements carried by the semi-official ISNA news agency. “The most important battlefield today is the economy and people’s livelihoods,” he said. “Iran’s enemies are trying through different means to block the country’s path to progress.” On the Pakistan-mediated memorandum of understanding signed with the US last month, Pezeshkian said Iran “had not retreated from its rights, principles, national interests, or beliefs in any of the 14 points” of the document. “Tehran had made no concessions against […]