Pezeshkian reveals behind-the-scenes of Khamenei’s approval of the MoU and difficult communication

MoU: Iranian president reveals Supreme Leader’s approval after 12 Security Council members backed it, and difficulty communicating with him despite him being a “great strength.”

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian revealed in a televised interview the behind-the-scenes of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s approval of the memorandum of understanding, noting that communication with him has become difficult in the current phase, but his presence still represents a “great strength” for the Iranian state.

Pezeshkian denied what he described as attempts to exploit the Supreme Leader’s message regarding the MoU to create division within the country, considering that some parties dealt with the message’s content in an “unfair” manner and sought to employ it for political and partisan purposes.

The MoU and its approval mechanism

Pezeshkian explained that the Supreme Leader’s position was not a rejection of the MoU, as some critics had claimed, but was based on a clear institutional mechanism requiring approval by three-quarters of the Supreme National Security Council members before its ratification.

He noted that the MoU received support from 12 out of 13 council members, which means, according to him, that the Supreme Leader respected the assessment of experts and specialists and accepted what the competent institutions had concluded after studying the file.

Pezeshkian stressed that the content of the Supreme Leader’s message was consistent with the findings of the advisory committee that discussed the MoU, considering that the subsequent political controversy was the result of “distortion” of the message’s content aimed at creating internal division.

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Successive challenges and the Leader’s role

In another context, Pezeshkian said that the Iranian leadership has faced successive challenges recently, including sanctions pressures, water and energy crises, a 12-day war, and what he described as external attempts to create internal unrest and overthrow the regime, stressing that the government managed, with the support of state institutions and armed forces, to contain those challenges.

The Iranian president reflected on his relationship with the Supreme Leader, describing him as a “mountain” the government relies on in managing major files, saying officials discussed various issues openly with him, and that his support helped prevent the escalation of internal crises before the war broke out.

He added that the new leadership continues to perform its role despite the difficulty of communication in the current circumstances, stressing that the mere presence of the Leader is a source of strength and stability that allows state institutions to continue functioning and the political course to proceed.

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