Pezeshkian Vows to Defend "Every Inch" of Iran Amid US Strike Campaign
ποΈ TEHRAN β Iran's president speaks defiance; Bolton says there's no one left to negotiate. π LOOK CLOSER: Pezeshkian's vow is aimed domestically β hardliners need to see the civilian president hold the line. But Bolton's framing cuts the other way: if leadership strikes degraded Iran's decision chain, public defiance fills the vacuum without carrying authority to concede. Thursday's Trump address now lands into a Tehran that's performing resolve it may not be able to translate into either war or peace.