Iran's supreme leader approves US-Iran MoU after receiving assurances on national interests
Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, said on Thursday that he had approved the memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States despite initially having reservations about the agreement.
In a statement broadcast on Iranian state television, Khamenei is quoted to have said he agreed to the deal after receiving assurances from President Masoud Pezeshkian and members of the Supreme National Security Council that it would protect "the rights of the Iranian nation and the Resistance Front."
“In principle, I held a different view, but because of the commitment the honourable president, as the head of the Supreme National Security Council, gave me on his own behalf and on behalf of other members to safeguard the rights of the Iranian nation and the Resistance Front, and because he explicitly accepted responsibility for it, I granted permission for it,” the statement said.
Khamenei added that Pezeshkian had assured him Iran “will not submit” if the United States makes what he described as excessive demands during the next stage of negotiations.
He stressed that engaging in direct talks with Washington did not amount to “accepting the enemy's views.”
The supreme leader also praised Iranian officials for their efforts in advancing the negotiations and claimed that US President Donald Trump had used “various levers” in an attempt to secure the agreement.
The agreement follows months of fighting that disrupted regional security, shipping routes and energy markets.
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