Iran president offers olive branch even as US restarts attacks

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Masoud Pezeshkian says his country would be willing to reciprocate if the US returns to the June interim deal Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has offered an olive branch to US President Donald Trump even after several soldiers and civilians were killed in an US strike on Larak Island. Speaking on Monday before travelling to Bishkek for a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, Pezeshkian said Iran was "not looking for war” but would “never sit still in the face of any aggression”. Iran “wi