Iranian authorities must reassess conduct towards citizens - Pezeshkian

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian urged the country’s authorities to reassess their behavior and policies toward citizens, the Iranian media reported.

“We are obligated to listen to peaceful protesters,” he said, adding that “there are those who seek to ride the wave of protests in order to divide the nation,” according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

The Iranian president stressed that Iranian authorities must reassess their conduct and performance toward citizens to deprive those seeking to turn protests into hatred and incitement of any pretext.

Pezeshkian noted that recent experiences have shown that “sworn enemies, including the Israeli regime and its Western supporters, have consistently sought to incite unrest, create division, and fragment Iran.”