Iran president offers olive branch even as US restarts attacks

Iran president offers olive branch even as US restarts attacks Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 09/01/2026 - 10:31 Masoud Pezeshkian says his country would be willing to reciprocate if the US returns to the June interim deal Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian arrives for a SCO+ format meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, 1 September 2026 (Vyacheslav Prokofyev/AFP/Sputnik) Off Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has offered an olive branch to US President Donald Trump even after several soldiers and civilians were killed in an US strike on Larak Island. Speaking on Monday before travelling to Bishkek for a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, Pezeshkian said Iran was "not looking for war” but would “never sit still in the face of any aggression”. Iran “will give a decisive response to the aggressors” if attacked again, he said, according to the Fars news agency, but also said his country would immediately reciprocate if the US fulfilled its commitments under an interim deal signed in June, state media reported.