Masoud Pezeshkian

A mourner chants slogan as she holds a poster with graphic depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in a ceremony commemorating the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s leaders show a united front over the war but are divided over what the goal is

Iran’s leadership is showing unity in its war strategy against the U.S., but there are sharp differences over the endgame.

A mourner holds a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as he walks past a wall bearing messages, including one in English that reads "We will kill Trump," during the funeral ceremonies for Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A bitterly divided Iran grapples with Khamenei’s legacy as he is laid to rest

A little girl raises her fist from atop a man's shoulders as mourners gather during funeral ceremonies for slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, July 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Khamenei’s other sons appear at his funeral in Iran as new supreme leader remains in hiding

A woman walks past a welcoming billboard featuring Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian along a roadside in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

US and Iran pause strikes but disagree over next steps on talks

Shiite faithful Muslims attend an Ashoura procession which commemorates the 7th-century martyrdom of Imam Hussein in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Shiite Muslims mark holy day of Ashoura after months of war in Iran and Lebanon

Iran’s president condemns Trump’s ‘rude language’ against his country

Iran’s president on Tuesday rejected U.S. President Donald’s Trump “rude language” against his country as the U.S. launches further strikes in the region. Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran would retaliate and “respond in action and protect what we believe in, every inch of our soil.”

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A woman walks past a welcoming billboard featuring Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian along a roadside in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

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A container ship sits at anchor as a small motorboat passes in the foreground in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

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Tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati)

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French President Emmanuel Macron, center right, visits the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, during his visit to Cyprus, Monday March 9, 2026. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool Photo via AP)

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, center left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, center right, arrive at a ceremony following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 17, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russia sits back as the Iran war escalates, expecting long-term gains

Flames rise from an oil storage facility south of the capital Tehran as strikes hit the city during the U.S.–Israel military campaign, Iran, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Explosions rock Iran’s capital, and more attacks target Israel as US warns bombing will intensify

This image shows damages of a school in Julfa following, what Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry says was a drone attack carried out by Iran, on its exclave of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo)

Azerbaijan accuses neighbor Iran of a drone attack and vows to retaliate

A woman holds a poster of the late commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard expeditionary Quds Force, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone attack in 2020 in Iraq, as she stands on a banner containing an image of the Israeli flag in an annual rally marking 1979 Islamic Revolution at the Azadi, or Freedom, Street in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran commemorates 1979 revolution as nation is squeezed by anger over crackdown and tensions with US

Women, one flashing a victory hand gesture, cross a street under a huge banner showing hands firmly holding Iranian national flags as a sign of patriotism, in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

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People walk as shops are closed during protests in Tehran's centuries-old main bazaar, Iran, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Security forces clash with protesters in Iran’s main market as toll rises to 36

This combo shows President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. and Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Bilal Hussein)

Trump and top Iranian officials exchange threats over protests roiling Iran

Protesters march in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (Fars News Agency via AP)

At least 7 reported killed during widening protests in Iran sparked by ailing economy

Protesters march in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (Fars News Agency via AP)

Iran appoints new central bank governor after mass protests as currency hits record low

Masoud Pezeshkian, the President of Iran, attends the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, on Sept. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

Iran’s president says answer to attack would be harsh in apparent response to Trump warning

This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)

Iran’s president says his country is in a full-scale war with the West

A woman holds her drink as she walks on a sidewalk in northern Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

On a trip to Tehran, an AP journalist sees a changing Iran

This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)

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Iranian capital faces water rationing and evacuations if it doesn’t rain soon, president warns

Amir-Saeid Iravani, the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations, starts a press briefing with Masoud Pezeshkian, the President of Iran, in New York, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

UN Security Council rejects Russia and China’s last-ditch effort to delay sanctions on Iran

Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian holds up a book while speaking during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Iran’s president blasts US, Israeli attacks for dealing ‘grievous blow’ to peace as sanctions loom

This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows reconstruction efforts at Iran's Parchin solid propellant plant outside of Tehran, Iran, Aug. 28, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

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In this photo released on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a televised speech. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran’s supreme leader rejects direct nuclear talks with US as European negotiations remain unmoved

People walk around the plaza by the Sphere Within Sphere outside the United Nations Headquarters on the first day of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly's High-Level week, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

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An Iranian security official in protective clothing walks through part of the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the Iranian city of Isfahan, March 30, 2005. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

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The Iranian flag flies in front of a U.N. building where closed-door nuclear talks take place at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, on June 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

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Damage is seen after an Israeli strike targeted a compound that hosted Hamas' political leadership in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, shakes hands with Keith Kellogg, Trump's special envoy to Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

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