Iran president reaffirms country not seeking war, chooses peace, dialogue with world

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian reiterated on Tuesday that the country is not after war.

News ID: 5982

Date: 11 February 2025 - 12:39

TABNAK, Feb 11: “We consider our neighbors as our brothers and have chosen dialogue and peace with the world. The one which bullies and massacres in the world and provides weapons of mass destruction to those who kill innocent people is the one who starts war and bloodshed,” he said, referring to the US and western countries’ support for Israeli war crimes in Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

“We seek a life with peace and tranquility with all our brothers. We can accept each other in peace and tranquility,” he said.

“We have intimate and deep relations with all our neighbors, by the grace of God, and we will continue this intimacy,” Pezeshkian said.

Israel's military offensive in the West Bank has escalated forced displacement of Palestinians at an alarming level, impacting over 76,000 people in the area.

Moreover, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for establishment of a “Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia,” strongly opposed by Riyadh.

Netanyahu came up with the idea after US President Donald Trump said the United States was seeking Gaza’s “ownership” as part of a so-called plan that he wheeled out under the guise of “rebuilding” the war-wrecked Palestinian territory.

Also on Monday, Trump insisted that Gaza’s two-million-plus Palestinians had no right to return to the coastal sliver after the “takeover,” claiming they would find “better housing” elsewhere.

Iran has also called for taking place of an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to address the issue.