Tehran:Amid reports of tensions within Iran's leadership, President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that communicating with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has become "very difficult at the moment." Khamenei, 56, has not appeared in public since succeeding his father, former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a US-Israeli strike that also reportedly wounded Mojtaba Khamenei. Despite his absence from public view, Pezeshkian insisted that Khamenei continues to play a key role in directing Iran's response to the conflict. Rejecting suggestions of discord, Pezeshkian said he had held constructive meetings with the Supreme Leader, describing him as someone who had treated him with "kindness and very sound logic." Reports of leadership differencesPezeshkian's remarks come amid media reports alleging growing differences within Iran's leadership.