World Sep 24 WATCH: Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian blasts U.S. and Israeli attacks in address to U.N. General Assembly By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press
World Jul 02 Iran’s president suspends cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog after U.S. and Israeli strikes Iran’s president has ordered the country to suspend its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency after American airstrikes hit its most-important nuclear facilities. By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press
World May 17 Iran says it will continue nuclear negotiations with the U.S. despite Trump’s threats The negotiations have reached the “expert” level, meaning the sides are trying to reach agreement on the details of a possible deal. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to unleash airstrikes targeting Iran’s program if a deal isn’t reached. By Associated Press
World Apr 27 Death toll in Iran port explosion rises to at least 40 as President Pezeshkian visits the injured Iran's president on Sunday visited those injured in a huge explosion that rocked one of the Islamic Republic's main ports, a facility purportedly linked to an earlier delivery of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant. By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press
World Apr 09 Iran’s president insists Tehran does not seek a nuclear bomb ahead of talks with U.S. He even dangled the prospect of direct American investment in the Islamic Republic if the countries can reach a deal. By Nasser Karimi, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press
Oct 21 Putin hosts BRICS summit, attempting to show West it can’t keep Russia off global stage By Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin will be shaking hands this week with multiple world leaders, including those from China, India, Turkey and Iran. Continue reading
Sep 25 WATCH: Iran wants to play ‘constructive role’ in world affairs, Pezeshkian says at UN By Jennifer Peltz, Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press In his first speech at the U.N. General Assembly’s annual gathering of world leaders, Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday struck a somewhat more measured tone than his predecessors often have in recent years. Continue reading
Sep 23 Iran’s president accuses Israel of laying ‘traps’ and seeking wider Mideast war By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Masoud Pezeshkian told about two dozen media representatives that Iran doesn’t want to see the current war in Gaza and airstrikes across the Israeli-Lebanon border expanded. Continue reading
Aug 27 Iran’s supreme leader open to new negotiations with U.S. on Tehran’s nuclear weapons program By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told its civilian government on Tuesday that there was "no harm" in engaging with its "enemy." Khamenei's remarks set clear red lines for any talks taking place under the government of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian. Continue reading
Jul 06 Watch 5:49 Iran just elected its first reformist president in two decades. What’s next? By Ali Rogin, Harry Zahn Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian will ascend to the Iranian presidency in a delicate moment for the Islamic Republic, both on the world stage and within its borders. He faces a government still largely controlled by hard-line clerics, tension with the West… Continue watching