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Iran’s Pezeshkian highlights importance of diplomacy, but says distrust of US ‘undeniable necessity’
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Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses cabinet members as they visit of the tomb of the late Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in Tehran on January 31, 2026. (Handout / Iranian Presidency / AFP)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian says that every rational and diplomatic path should be used to reduce tensions with the US, while stressing that vigilance and distrust in interactions with Washington were an “undeniable necessity,” according to state media IRNA.
A two-week ceasefire between Iran and the US is set to expire on Wednesday, with US representatives set to reach Islamabad for Iran negotiations today, while Tehran is yet to announce whether it will send a delegation to Pakistan.
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