A media outlet affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has lashed out at a politician who recently suggested that President Masoud Pezeshkian should have accepted Donald Trump’s offer to meet.
Javan newspaper criticized Ali Motahari, a conservative politician known for occasionally outspoken views, for suggesting that President Masoud Pezeshkian should not have waited for Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s reaction to Trump’s offer and should have accepted it immediately—arguing that if Khamenei later opposed direct talks, the meeting could simply have been canceled.
Javan wrote: “Common sense and conventional understanding tell any political figure that even if the constitution had not granted the Supreme Leader authority over foreign policy, in a time of war and external threats, one should not say, ‘Let the president speak for himself, and if necessary, the Leader can oppose it later’.”
In early February, President Trump revived his pressure campaign against Tehran while simultaneously calling for direct talks with his Iranian counterpart.
