President Masoud Pezeshkian says the efforts to strengthen relations with European countries have not progressed as anticipated, leading to the current situation where three European countries are attempting to implement the so-called snapback mechanism against Iran.

Pezeshkian met with the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, on the sidelines of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Wednesday.

The Iranian president emphasized that Iran has no intention of creating nuclear weapons and is open to transparency in this matter. However, Pezeshkian highlighted that there is significant mistrust towards the West, stemming from the history of the United States and European countries failing to uphold their commitments and the military attacks on Iran during negotiations. Despite this, he affirmed that diplomacy remains the only viable solution to overcoming this mistrust.

He said that promoting multilateralism and avoiding unilateralism are the most effective ways to enhance and strengthen international interactions, emphasizing that international bodies, particularly the United Nations, must act more responsibly in creating and maintaining peace and stability. “Specifically, they should take effective and practical measures to stop the crimes of the Zionist regime.”

For his part, Stubb stressed that the only way to overcome problems in the international environment is through dialogue and understanding facilitated by diplomacy.

He said, “We need genuine multilateralism, and as the world shifts away from unilateralism, we must ensure that a multipolar space does not replace multilateralism.”