Power Shift

Iran's President Tells US It Must Choose Whether to End Hostilities With Tehran

Sourced from 3 publications

  • •Pezeshkian told Fox News it is up to the US to choose whether to end its confrontation with Iran, saying the conflict was imposed on Tehran.
  • •He warned that if the US continues fighting, Iran will respond 'strongly, resolutely.'
  • •At the UN on Wednesday, Pezeshkian declared Iran would not 'bend at the knee' to Washington.
  • •The statements represent rhetorical posturing without concrete policy proposals, though they come amid sustained US-Iran tensions on multiple fronts.

Sources

Iran's president tells Fox anchor the war was 'imposed on us'

Ktsm

Live: Iran's President says US ‘must choose’ whether to end war

France24

Iran's president says it is up to US to choose if it wants to end Iran war - Bus...

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