BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 9. Iran’s Supreme Leader Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei held a meeting with President Masoud Pezeshkian to discuss the country’s economic and military affairs.
According to a statement released by the office of Iran’s Supreme Leader marking the start of the third year of Pezeshkian’s presidency, the meeting covered the country’s challenges, particularly meeting the population’s basic needs, the current wartime situation and prospects for the future.
The discussions also focused on developments in the military sphere, management of the national currency, foreign currency and energy consumption, as well as economic exchanges with foreign parties.
Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei was killed on February 28 in US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran. Iran’s Assembly of Experts subsequently elected his son, Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, as his successor.
