Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian Meets Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei as Tehran Reviews U.S. Proposal

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Thursday that he met with Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, in what Kurdistan24 described as the first publicly acknowledged meeting involving the country’s new leader since his appointment in March.

Pezeshkian did not specify when the meeting took place, but he described Khamenei as having a “vision” and a “humble and sincere approach,” according to remarks aired on Iranian state television.

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The disclosure came as Tehran reviewed a new U.S.-backed proposal aimed at ending the ongoing regional war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical oil shipping routes.

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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Washington and Tehran had held “very good talks” over the previous 24 hours and suggested that a deal could be close.

In a separate account, Türkiye Today said Pezeshkian confirmed the meeting and described it as lasting for more than two hours, conducted in an atmosphere of “candor and trust.”

Pezeshkian said the meeting took place “in a warm atmosphere,” with the conversation “completely direct, candid and accompanied by a feeling of closeness and trust,” according to remarks broadcast by state television and reported by Fars and Tasnim news agencies.

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He also urged national unity and called on Iranians to prepare for economic hardship, warning that “We have one path: either we stand with the people and accept all people despite their different inclinations, so that we can resist the enemy, or we must submit to surrender and humiliation,” as Türkiye Today reported.

As the diplomatic track continued, Pezeshkian set a condition for negotiations on the Strait of Hormuz, saying Tehran would not enter talks before the complete lifting of the naval blockade imposed on it, according to صوت الإمارات.

Kurdistan24 linked the meeting disclosure to Tehran’s review of a U.S.-backed proposal that would end the regional war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while also noting that the conflict began in late February by the United States and Israel.

“Iranian President Masoud Bezhkian said on Thursday that he recently attended a meeting with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei that lasted two and a half hours, following rumors and speculation about the Leader's health and his injury in American and Israeli attacks on Iran”

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It said the Strait handles roughly one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas trade, making the dispute a major concern for global markets.

Oil prices fell for a second consecutive day Thursday, dropping around two percent after declining roughly 10 percent earlier in the week, amid renewed optimism over diplomacy, the outlet reported.

In parallel, Al-Jazeera Net said Pezeshkian told Iranian media that Tehran is facing “external pressures designed to increase economic pressure, destabilize internal stability, and weaken national cohesion,” and it added that he blamed the United States for “tightening economic pressure on our people to create a state of discontent.”