When we can resolve issues through dialogue, we should not kill each other, he says in the interview, adding that Iran does not want to continue the fighting.
It is the US that must decide whether it wants to end this or not.
The statement comes shortly after advisers to Iran's supreme leader said that Iran is threatening to expand the war to the Indian Ocean if the US attacks again.
When Pezeshkian took the podium earlier this week during the ongoing UN summit in New York, he called US President Donald Trump a "bully".
On the sidelines of the summit, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. So far, no clear breakthroughs have been announced.
