Iran's Pezeshkian describes seven-hour meeting with Khamenei on national unity

TEHRAN, Iran — President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday he held a seven-hour meeting with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Iran's highest religious and political authority, describing the talks as highly productive. Pezeshkian said the meeting addressed key national issues and that Khamenei stressed the need to preserve unity and cohesion within the country. The Iranian president said the message of unity was particularly significant because adversaries were currently focused on fomenting division inside Iran. He did not name specific countries or groups in his remarks, and no further details of the discussion were immediately provided. The lengthy meeting between Iran's elected president and its supreme leader comes amid heightened regional tensions and competing narratives over Iran's domestic and foreign policy direction. Pezeshkian, who took office in 2024, has periodically sought to coordinate his administration's positions with Khamenei on sensitive political matters. No further details about the agenda or outcomes of the meeting were immediately available.