Abbas Araghchi says country is unbowed but president Masoud Pezeshkian admits its people face ‘many problems’ Iran’s foreign minister has dismissed the threat of a fresh round of US economic sanctions as a “desperate” ploy, even as its president acknowledged that the Iranian people are facing “ma...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/23/iran-new-security-chief-trump-economic-war-enemies-mohsen-rezaei)