In wide-ranging press conference, Masoud Pezeshkian also addresses questions on Russia, Houthis and nuclear plans
of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh because it believes Israel has been trying to lure it into a regional war.
It remains a matter of debate whether Pezeshkian, who has a frank, consensual style, has access to the real levers of power or the political will to transform Iran’s relations with the west. But his use of a large international platform and often unpretentious direct manner suggests he is a new and unpredictable element in Iranian politics.
He conceded that Iran had hypersonic missiles, but he said not of the kind fired by the Houthis on Sunday. “We don’t have this missile in Iran at all,” he said On the future of Iran’s nuclear commitments and its enrichment of uranium at a level of 60% purity, he said Iran would not seek nuclear weapons but he accused the US of tearing up the old nuclear agreement. “The Americans have closed all the roads for us, everyone we want to talk to, the Americans say they will not allow it,” he said. Iranian officials have said they will explore talks on the future of the nuclear deal on the sidelines of the UN general assembly next week.
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