IRANIAN PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN SAYS 'OUR PROBLEM WITH THE UNITED STATES IS THAT EVERY TIME WE COME TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE, WAR IS IMMEDIATELY IMPOSED ON US', SAYING 'SO FAR, THEY HAVE ATTACKED US THREE TIMES AFTER TALKS' AND THAT NEGOTIATIONS WITH AN ENEMY THAT 'CARRIES OUT ASSASSINATIONS, SANCTIONS, PRESSURE AND THREATS WHILE REPEATEDLY BREAKING AGREEMENTS HAVE NO MEANING'. 05-OCT-2026 03:07 PM ET