Overview
- President Masoud Pezeshkian said he met Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei for about two and a half hours to discuss national affairs.
- Officials did not issue a formal readout of the talks, and the location and specific agenda were not disclosed.
- Mojtaba Khamenei has stayed out of public view since March, with multiple reports of injuries and a highly secure setting for his recovery.
- Yousef Pezeshkian, the president’s son, said the leader was injured but safe and sound, offering a rare on-the-record account of his status.
- After the meeting, the president urged unity and warned of foreign economic pressure, and he restated that any deal must start with lifting the naval blockade before talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow channel that carries a large share of the world’s oil.