Pezeshkian’s diplomatic push While eyes in Iran and abroad were fixed on the rise of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son, President Masoud Pezeshkian was quietly working another track - speaking with regional leaders in an effort to contain the war. He has been in contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On Monday, as Pezeshkian tried to show that Iran does not want a wider regional war, NATO air defenses intercepted