
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has defended the memorandum of understanding with the United States as the best way to end the tense situation between the two countries, according to the AP.
In a speech published today by the state-run IRNA news agency, President Pezeshkian said that Iran must emerge from its current state of "neither war nor peace."
According to the Iranian president, members of the Supreme National Security Council consider the memorandum to be the best possible agreement, given Iran's dignity, wisdom, and national interest.
President Pezeshkian emphasized that the agreement does not contain any element that could be considered a capitulation to the United States of America.
The memorandum was signed by US President Donald Trump in June and provided for a 60-day deadline for ending the war with Iran and reaching an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program.
That deadline expired last week, but Washington and Tehran have still not reached a compromise on key issues.
One of the biggest obstacles remains the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most important sea routes for the transport of oil and goods.
The issue of fully reopening the strait has become a key point of the negotiations and so far there are no signs of an agreement between the parties.