Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian says U.S. sanctions are hurting Iran’s economy, reversing a position he took just days earlier. In an interview with state TV late on Friday, he responds to claims that sanctions have no effect, saying he does not know what to say to those who argue that.
The reports agree that Pezeshkian had previously argued that U.S. sanctions would achieve nothing. In the newer remarks, he shifts to describing real economic impact, without detailing specific indicators or proposed changes to policy. The outlets present the story as a backtrack—an apparent adjustment in his public assessment of sanctions’ effectiveness—highlighting the contrast between his earlier certainty and his later acknowledgement that sanctions are working in some capacity.
