Pezeshkian says Iran seeks peace, rejects conflict with neighbors

NEW DELHI: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday that Iran has no disputes with Muslim or neighboring countries and accused the United States of trying to portray Iran as an enemy.

Speaking during a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in New Delhi, Pezeshkian said Iran did not have disagreements with its neighboring countries and did not want to continue the war.

He said Iran continued to prioritize peace and wanted the rights of the Iranian people to be respected, along with an end to what he described as unjust sanctions against the country.

Pezeshkian said Iran was seeking its international rights and had no conflict with Muslim or neighboring states.

“America wants to make us an enemy,” Pezeshkian said, adding that the United States, Israel and European countries wanted to prevent any country in the region from remaining independent.

In an earlier interview with Indian television, Pezeshkian said countries whose territories had been used to attack Iran would attend the BRICS summit.

He said the Strait of Hormuz could be reopened if the United States ended its blockade and aggression against Iran.

Pezeshkian also called on Washington to lift its blockade and sanctions, saying the United States had resorted to a blockade after failing to achieve its objectives through war.

He said Iran’s survival did not depend entirely on maritime routes and argued that the United States would not succeed with its blockade strategy either.