Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has referred to as for nationwide unity within the face of exterior threats whereas insisting that his authorities is prepared to barter over its nuclear programme, at an enormous public ceremony in Tehran commemorating the forty seventh anniversary of the founding of the Islamic Republic.
Giant crowds gathered within the capital and different cities across the nation in a present of help for the federal government as Iran noticed the 1979 anniversary amid one of the troublesome moments within the nation’s current historical past.
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Following the most recent spherical of talks on Iran’s nuclear programme, United States President Donald Trump has continued to threaten Tehran with potential military attacks if it doesn’t accede to Washington’s calls for on points starting from nuclear enrichment to ballistic missiles, with the US chief reportedly contemplating sending one other plane service group to the area.
Alongside the threats from the US, Iran is grappling with bitter inner divisions amid the fallout from its lethal crackdown on protests earlier this 12 months, through which hundreds of protesters had been killed, and a cratering economy.
Addressing the crowds in Tehran’s Azadi Sq., Pezeshkian referred to as for solidarity amongst Iranians within the face of “conspiracies from imperial powers”.
“We’re standing collectively … in solidarity within the face of all conspiracies focusing on our nation,” he stated, including that the energy and unity of the Iranian individuals “offers rise to fret inside our enemy”.
“We should always proceed to face facet by facet.”
Concerning the nuclear talks, he stated Iran was “not searching for nuclear weapons” and was “prepared for any type of verification”.
Nevertheless, he stated, the “excessive wall of distrust” created by the US and Europe “doesn’t permit these talks to achieve a conclusion”.
“On the identical time, we’re participating with full willpower in dialogue geared toward peace and stability within the area alongside our neighbouring nations,” he added.
Pezeshkian apologises
Addressing the current protests, which started with demonstrations over the excessive price of residing and the plummeting forex earlier than broadening into different grievances towards the federal government, Pezeshkian apologised for the federal government’s shortcomings, and stated it was making “each potential effort” to repair the issues.
“We’re able to hearken to the voice of the individuals. We’re servants of the individuals. We aren’t searching for to confront the individuals,” he stated.
He blamed “malicious propaganda” circulated by Iran’s enemies for inflaming the unrest, which he known as riots.
“The efforts that our enemies are making to create deep wounds in society and widen divisions, we should heal these wounds,” he stated.
Iran ‘open to deal’
Talking to Al Jazeera from Tehran, Ali Akbar Dareini, a researcher on the Centre for Strategic Research, stated Pezeshkian’s speech signalled Iran was “open to a good and balanced cope with the US”.
“Whereas he didn’t go into any particulars, saying Iran is open to that implies that Iran, on the identical time, will resist unrealistic calls for from the US that search to disarm Iran or deny Iran of its sovereign rights,” he stated.
He stated Pezeshkian’s speech acknowledged that the general public’s grievances with the federal government had been legit, stressing his authorities would do its finest to resolve the issues.
Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar stated the anniversary commemorations had been happening at a essential second for Iran, because the nation confronted exterior threats and vital inner division.
“There’s an enormous demand for change,” he stated, including that in the meantime, “the institution desires to point out it has the individuals’s help.”
Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had issued a name on Tuesday for Iranians to prove and be part of the celebrations, which had been attended by senior political, navy and spiritual figures.
US, Israeli flags burned
The commemorations featured outstanding symbols of anti-US and anti-Israeli sentiment, with individuals burning and trampling the flags of these nations.
Iranian media confirmed photographs of symbolic coffins draped in US flags and bearing the names and portraits of US navy commanders, whereas Iranian missiles and the wreckage of Israeli drones shot down throughout final 12 months’s 12-day war had been displayed.
Within the streets, individuals waved photographs of Khamenei and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founding father of the Islamic Republic, alongside Iranian and Palestinian flags. Some chanted “Loss of life to America!” and “Loss of life to Israel!”
Dareini, from Tehran’s Centre for Strategic Research, stated the commemorations had been a major manifestation of solidarity at a essential juncture for Iran.
“Israelis and Individuals have been searching for to interrupt nationwide solidarity in Iran, however right this moment’s rallies across the nation are a manifestation of solidarity,” he stated.
Diplomatic push continues
The commemorations in Iran have come amid ongoing diplomatic efforts surrounding the nuclear negotiations with the US, as Washington has continued to threaten navy motion.
On Wednesday, Iran’s safety chief Ali Larijani left Oman, the place he had met with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said and the nation’s overseas minister to debate the outcomes of talks between US and Iranian officers within the sultanate final week, for Qatar.
Qatar, which hosts a serious US navy set up that Iran attacked in June after Washington’s assaults on Iranian nuclear websites, has been a key negotiator prior to now with Iran.
Larijani is predicted to fulfill with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in the course of the go to, which comes shortly after the emir mentioned efforts for regional de-escalation and stability in a cellphone name with Trump, the Emiri Diwan stated on Wednesday.
The emir and Trump mentioned “supporting diplomatic efforts geared toward addressing crises by dialogue and peaceable means”, the Diwan stated.
In the meantime, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is because of meet Trump in Washington on Wednesday, the place the Israeli chief is predicted to current his authorities’s considerations over any potential cope with Iran.
Netanyahu has said he’ll present Trump with “ideas” for negotiating with Iran in the course of the go to, the place he’s additionally scheduled to fulfill with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
