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More from WorldUS vows to increase pressure on Iran<\/p>\nPezeshkian has called for an end to the ongoing West Asia war, saying Tehran should seek a settlement while it remains in a position of \u201cstrength and dignity\u201d <\/p>\n
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for an end to the ongoing Middle East war, saying Tehran should seek to conclude the conflict while it remains in a position of \u201cstrength and dignity\u201d, Iranian news agency ISNA reported.<\/p>\n
Pezeshkian said ending the war now would be preferable to allowing it to drag on and potentially undermine Iran\u2019s position.<\/p>\n
Speaking at a meeting with doctors, Pezeshkian said Iran should consider ending the conflict while it believes it has the upper hand.<\/p>\n
He claimed the world recognises Iran\u2019s \u201cvictory\u201d and accused the United States of targeting Iranian schools, hospitals and infrastructure in violation of international rules.<\/p>\n
His remarks suggest Tehran is open to bringing the conflict to an end while seeking to negotiate from what it considers a position of strength.<\/p>\n
Tehran steps up criticism of US sanctions<\/p>\n
Pezeshkian\u2019s comments came after Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry accused Washington of pursuing \u201ceconomic terrorism\u201d and committing \u201ccrimes against humanity\u201d through its sanctions campaign.<\/p>\n
In a statement carried by Iranian state media, the ministry said those responsible for imposing the sanctions should face trial and punishment.<\/p>\n
The remarks followed Washington\u2019s announcement that it would intensify economic pressure on Tehran as part of its efforts to force changes in Iran\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n
More from WorldUS vows to increase pressure on Iran<\/p>\n
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday warned that Washington would seek to \u201ccollapse\u201d the Iranian regime as the US prepared to expand its sanctions campaign.<\/p>\n
The latest measures come nearly six months into the conflict and reflect Washington\u2019s broader strategy of increasing economic pressure on Tehran.<\/p>\n
The United States has also urged other countries, including China, to support efforts to isolate Iran economically.<\/p>\n
China rejects sanctions as solution<\/p>\n
Beijing criticised Washington\u2019s approach, arguing that sanctions and economic pressure would not resolve the conflict.<\/p>\n
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Friday that \u201csanctions and pressure will not help resolve the issue\u201d.<\/p>\n
China called on all sides to adopt responsible measures and pursue a political and diplomatic solution to the crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pezeshkian has called for an end to the ongoing West Asia war, saying Tehran should seek a settlement…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[177,34,71293,49,5463,15856,69,36],"class_list":["post-259191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tehran","tag-conflict","tag-iran","tag-masoud-pezeshkian-middle-east-conflict","tag-middle-east","tag-pezeshkian","tag-strength","tag-tehran","tag-war"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117134131834714499","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}