US EditionIran President Says Israel Attempted to Assassinate Him
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian alleged that Israel, backed by U.S. intelligence, attempted to assassinate him during a strategic meeting amid a 12-day war starting June 13.
- This assassination attempt and Israel’s unprecedented airstrikes on June 13 occurred two days before planned U.S.-Iran nuclear talks, leading to the collapse of negotiations.
- Pezeshkian credited Iranian intelligence with thwarting the plot, stated the attackers failed, and affirmed Iran’s commitment to a Supreme Leader’s fatwa forbidding nuclear weapons.
- He stated that Iran is willing to resume negotiations but expressed doubts about whether the U.S. can be trusted once more, and he cautioned against America becoming involved in what he described as Netanyahu’s endless conflicts.
- Pezeshkian expressed belief that dialogue could resolve U.S.-Iran conflicts despite ongoing proxy tensions and mistrust amid escalating regional violence.
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Masoud Pezeshkian accuses Israel of carrying out a murder attack on him. In an interview with U.S. presenter Tucker Carlson, Iran's president also called on the US not to allow himself to go to Netanyahu's war.
Iran's president claims Israel tried to assassinate him during 12-day war
Speaking to US media personality Tucker Carlson in his first major interview with Western media since the war, Pezeshkian said Israeli forces targeted the location of a high-level meeting he was attending.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian revealed on Monday that he had been the target of an assassination attempt, pointing the finger at Israel and claiming that his country did not start the war...
Iranian President Masud Pezeshkian accused Israel of trying to assassinate him, without specifying when, in an interview given to American host Tucker Carlson who was broadcast on Monday. “They tried, yes. They acted accordingly, but failed,” Pezeshkian replied to the question of whether he believes Israel attempted to assassinate him. “I was in a meeting, (...) they tried to bomb the area where the meeting took place,” he added, without specify…
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