Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has stressed the need to maintain internal cohesion in the current situation, cautioning that the US and Israel may seek to create division within Iran, IRNA reports.

Speaking at a press conference, he said: “The United States, Israel and their analysts themselves know that a country can no longer be forced to surrender and accept demands through war and missiles, but this can be done through disagreement, division and internal conflicts.”

He further said that Tehran’s position toward the US remained unchanged despite recent diplomacy, defending the MoU signed between the two countries and insisting Iran has made no concessions, Anadolu reported.

“The US is colonialist, the US is criminal, and the Islamic Republic remains the Islamic Republic. There is no doubt about that,” he said. Pezeshkian, however, argued that diplomacy had compelled Washington to negotiate with Tehran.