Iran’s Pezeshkian Vows to Lift Sanctions, Reconnect With World

  • EU’s top nuclear negotiator arrives in Tehran for talks
  • Leaders of Hamas, Hezbollah attend Pezeshkian’s inuaguration

Masoud Pezeshkian 

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said he will “spare no effort” in his push for the US to remove economic sanctions, as a top European Union envoy arrived in Tehran for talks with officials.

The Islamic Republic has an “absolute right” to normal economic and trade relations with the rest of the world, the reformist leader said Tuesday in his first major public speech since his election win earlier this month.