Pezeshkian says Iran not seeking a wider war

Pezeshkian says Iran not seeking a wider war Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a statement that Tehran will continue to defend its borders, but added that they are not seeking an escalation in the war. "We defend our borders, but we do not seek to expand the war," he said during a launch for a medical programme in Iran. "We must try to build a society in these circumstances that the enemy will not covet, will not enter, and will not be able to tear this social complex apart and destroy it," he added.