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Iran’s Pezeshkian says top security body backs ‘path of dialogue’ after hardliners rebuked negotiators
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a ceremony at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in Tehran, Iran, on January 1, 2026. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the country’s highest security authority supports the “path of dialogue,” after hardliners criticized Tehran’s negotiating team in talks with the United States.
“The Supreme National Security Council has concluded that the path of dialogue should be pursued,” Pezeshkian says in a meeting with media executives, according to the presidency’s website.
He adds that the council was in charge of “decisions regarding war and negotiations.”
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