NPR's Steve Inskeep was part of a small group of journalists who met with an Iranian official on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. He tells Leila Fadel what he learned. Transcript LEILA FADEL, HOST: The president of Iran has spent much of this week in New York. It's a rare occasion, a president visiting a country while his nation is at war with it. Masoud Pezeshkian was here for the annual meeting of the United Nations, and he met with journalists yesterday, including our Steve Inskeep. Good morning, Steve.STEVE INSKEEP, BYLINE: Good morning.FADEL: So what did you get out of the session?INSKEEP: I felt that I got some insights into how Iran sees the effort to end this war. President Pezeshkian was with Abbas Araghchi, who is Iran's foreign minister. And he - Araghchi - is the diplomat who met with U.S. officials this week. So we got to hear a little bit from both. This started, I should tell you, as an off-the-record session with nobody to be quoted. But afterward, Iranian officials consented to put many comments on the record, so I can tell you a little bit about what was.FADEL: How do the Iranians see the talks?INSKEEP: They gave the impression that they wer...

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