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In an interview, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian addressed ongoing Iran-US tensions, peace negotiations, and ceasefire efforts. Pezeshkian stated, "We are not seeking war," emphasizing that Iran has not attacked another country in the past century and only acts in self-defense. Discussing failed agreements, he noted that Iran signed memorandums of understanding mediated by Pakistan and Qatar, but agreements were torn up. He stated that the United States must terminate sanctions and cease bullying behavior. Pezeshkian reaffirmed Iran's readiness to engage in talks regarding nuclear issues within the framework of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and internationally recognized principles.

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00:00President Sir, I have been tracking Iran-US conflict for a long time.
00:05Please give us an assessment on what's the status of war.
00:08Are we at war? Is there a halt?
00:11Why are the ceasefires and the negotiations both failing?
00:30We had some dialogues, we had negotiations, and for several rounds we have entered negotiations.
00:37When they embarked on the first terms of the war, we were on the negotiating table.
00:45After that, again we came to the negotiating table.
00:49We were about to reach a final agreement and then they again attacked us.
00:55Again, we had some dialogue. After all of these savage attacks, we came to a kind of understanding.
01:03We signed a memorandum on understanding, but then very simply just tore it up.
01:08How can we start negotiation again and make sure that they would be abiding by their commitments?
01:18They write down something, but then very simply, as easy as pie, they just tear it up.
01:24So what kind of world it is in which we cannot negotiate and have a dialogue and stand on it?
01:31So this is our problem.
01:34Right now, from our side, there is no problem. We are not seeking war.
01:39Iran has not been an aggressor side.
01:44During the past 100 years, have you seen Iran attacking another country?
01:49That's an important point.
01:52But then again, President Trump continues to say that he's talking to the real leaders of Iran.
02:00And it's not part of this government and the new leaders.
02:06Who are these new leaders that President Trump is talking to and the real leaders?
02:13I think you have to ask himself.
02:16Because he is saying something every day.
02:19One day he wants to destroy Iran.
02:21Another day he says we are a friend of Iran.
02:23One day he says he accepts us.
02:25Another day he says he doesn't accept us.
02:27So we are not sure what kind of statement we should accept and proceed based on which.
02:35Okay. But negotiations went on with Pakistan mediating and there was a memorandum of understanding.
02:42But the deadline ended on the August of 17th, if I'm not wrong.
02:46So has the Pakistan negotiation failed? And was Oman a better negotiator?
02:59Pakistan is a friendly and neighbouring country.
03:04And in this regard, it has made a lot of efforts so that we would be able to establish peace
03:12and tranquillity.
03:13Also, Qatar was helping the same MOU in Islamabad.
03:23I don't know what was the problem with what we wrote down in Islamabad.
03:30Because they want us to renegotiate.
03:33What kind of illogical issue we mentioned?
03:38What did we say which was outside of the international recognised principles that now we have to sit down and
03:47say something else?
03:48The main issue is what we talked about.
03:51And that was the fact that America should, you know, terminate all its terminations.
03:57It should not talk us in a bullying way.
04:02It should open up the ways and routes so that we would be able to live like other people in
04:07the world.
04:07We are ready to act within the framework of international recognised principles to have interactions with others.
04:15These things, they say we have to change these issues and talk about something else.
04:22No, we said what we said.
04:25They have to terminate the sanctions.
04:28We did not wage the war.
04:29And they were supposed to stop the aggressions.
04:33They were supposed not to attack us and then we would not attack them back.
04:39Some part has attacked us and we have defended ourselves.
04:43What else should we talk about in these negotiations regarding the nuclear issues?
04:51We were supposed to sit and again within the NPT and international principles negotiate.
04:57We are ready to do that.
04:58We are ready to do that.
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