Iranian president: “We will not give in to pressure. Great powers are aligning to force us to bow our heads”

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that Iran will not give in to the pressure exerted by the great powers in the context of the nuclear negotiations with the United States.

“The great powers are lining up to force us to bow our heads … but we will not do so, despite all the problems they create for us,” Pezeshkian said in a speech broadcast live on state television, as quoted by Reuters.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he was considering a limited military strike to pressure Iran into accepting a deal.

“I think I can say I'm considering it,” he said at the start of a meeting with governors at the White House.

Iran had announced a draft deal “in two or three days”

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced on Friday that a draft of an agreement in the Iranian nuclear field is to be completed in “two or three days” and that Iran will then present it to the United States, reports AFP, according to News.ro.

“The next stage, for me, is to present a proposal for a potential agreement to my American counterparts,” emissary Steve Witkoff and son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, announced in an interview with MSNBC's Abbas Araghchi.

“I think that in two or three days it will be ready”, assured the head of Iranian diplomacy.

Serbia and Sweden urged their citizens to leave Iran

Serbia and Sweden on Saturday urged their citizens to leave Iran, amid the possibility of American airstrikes on the Islamic Republic, AFP reports, according to Agerpres.

Citing “rising tensions and the risk of deterioration of the security situation,” Belgrade “recommended that all citizens of the Republic of Serbia who are in the Islamic Republic of Iran leave the country as soon as possible,” according to a statement from Serbia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In Stockholm, Swedish Foreign Minister Malmer Stenergard sent a “strong appeal to Swedish citizens currently in Iran to leave this country” via Platform X, as well as “to avoid any travel to Iran”.

Serbia had already advised its citizens in mid-January to leave Iran and avoid travel to the country.