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 Israel tried to 'assassinate' me: Iranian president's interview with controversial journalist and explanation of fatwa against Trump

Iranian President Masoud Peshkerian has claimed that Israel tried to 'assassinate' him during a meeting.

Iranian President Masoud Peshkerian has claimed that Israel tried to 'assassinate' him during a meeting.

During an interview, American anchor Tucker Carlson asked Masoud Peshkian, “Did the Israeli government try to assassinate the Iranian president?”

The Iranian president replied, “Yes, they tried but they failed.”

Tucker Carlson asked him, “They (the Israelis) have not confirmed this anywhere. Are you sure they wanted to assassinate you?”

The Iranian president replied that Israel had tried to assassinate him and that the United States was not involved.

Masoud Peshkian, commenting on the timing of the alleged Israeli assassination attempt, said, “We were in a meeting at the time and were discussing what to do next.”

The Iranian president, without giving further details, said that Israel had “bombed the place based on information provided by its spies.” But nothing happens unless God wills it.’

‘I am not afraid to die defending my land and freedom, but will it bring stability?’

Remember, Israel attacked Iran on June 13, after which both countries attacked each other’s territory, in which hundreds of people were killed.

On the ninth day of this conflict, the United States also attacked three of Iran’s nuclear sites. Iran attacked a US air base in Qatar on June 23, and a ceasefire was declared between Israel and Iran on June 24.

Iran itself has confirmed the deaths of several Iranian armed forces and Revolutionary Guard officers in the Israeli attacks. Israel has not yet commented on the allegations of attempts to assassinate the Iranian president.

However, the US president has claimed that he saved Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from death during this conflict.

Earlier, another Iranian government figure, Ali Larijani, had also claimed that Israel had ‘discovered’ the location of the Supreme National Security Council meeting and wanted to ‘bomb the Iranian leaders but failed to do so.’

‘We do not want to continue the war’:

During the interview, Tucker Carlson asked the Iranian president, ‘There has been a pause in the war with America. How do you think this matter will be resolved and how do you want it to end?’

Masoud Peshkian replied that Iran did not start this war and ‘we do not want to continue this war.’

‘Since the beginning of our government, our goal has always been to maintain peace in the countries of the region.’

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The Iranian president accused the Israeli prime minister during the interview, saying: ‘Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to promote the idea that Iran wants to obtain nuclear weapons, but Iran never wanted to and we were going to confirm this point but the process was undermined.’

Is Iran supporting the assassination of the US president?

Tucker Carlson also asked Masoud Peshkian about the fatwa issued against US President Donald Trump.

The Iranian president said that as far as he knows, no religious figure in Iran has issued such a fatwa and his government has nothing to do with it.

He added that these religious figures condemn religion and insulting religious figures and their fatwas have nothing to do with the US or the US president.

According to Masoud Peshkian, these religious figures have their own views and “I assure you that these fatwas are not a threat to anyone.”

The host then asked him if Iran has ever supported the assassination of an American president?

The Iranian president answered this question in the negative and said: ‘Netanyahu wants to plant this idea in the minds of the American people so that the United States can be dragged into this region and unrest can be spread.’

During this interview, the Iranian president commented on diplomatic relations with the United States and the sanctions imposed on the country, saying, ‘American investors can come to invest in Iran and there are no restrictions on American investors in Iran.’

‘I believe that either US President Donald Trump will bring peace to the region and bring Israel to its place or he will fall into Netanyahu’s trap and his evil desires and start an endless war.’

When the Iranian president was asked whether his allies, including Russia and China, would help Iran in the event of a major war, he said that he believed in God and that ‘Iran is capable of defending itself and we will stand up for the people and honor of our country.’

Who is Tucker Carlson?

Tucker Carlson was the first Western journalist to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin after the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The interview with the Iranian president after the Israeli and American invasion has once again brought him worldwide fame.

Born in 1969 in the US state of California, Tucker Carlson earned a degree in history in 1991, after which he worked in various journalism organizations.

In 2000, he was working as an analyst at the American broadcaster CNN, after which he started his own program on MSNBC.

This was the time when Carlson adopted conservative views and specifically targeted immigrants, presenting their arrival in the United States as an ‘attack’. Thus, he became the voice of the Republican Party.

In 2010, Carlson founded the conservative news website The Daily Caller, and in 2016, he launched his own show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, shortly after Trump’s first presidency.

He soon became the face of Fox News and gained a lot of fame for his views during Trump’s presidency. During this time, he was also criticized and accused of spreading racist ideas, including a conspiracy theory that aliens are systematically trying to change the population ratio of Western countries.

 

On one program, he also supported the US invasion of Canada. On another program, Tucker Carlson said that American men should be bathed in red light to treat the hormone testosterone. However, he also appeared to defend the Russian president.

Donald Trump’s second presidency brought Tucker Carlson to the heights of fame once again. But his time with Fox News came to an abrupt end in April 2023 when he was fired.

Fox News did not give a reason for the decision, but it came just days after Fox News paid nearly $800 million in a lawsuit over election-related claims.

After a few weeks of silence, Carlson announced the launch of a new show on the social media platform X. He managed to interview Russian President Putin in February 2022, in which the Russian president joked that Carlson had unsuccessfully tried to join the CIA.

Putin said, “The organization you wanted to join, maybe we should be grateful that they didn’t let you.”

Before the US attack on Iran in June, Carlson interviewed US Senator Ted Cruz and raised the question of why the US would be involved in a war against Iran. At one point in the program, Carlson asked the US senator about the population of Iran, to which Ted Cruz replied that he didn’t know.

Carlson said, “You don’t know the population of the country whose government you want to change?”

According to Tucker Carlson, he has also tried to get an interview with the Israeli Prime Minister, but so far he has not been successful.

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The Iranian president was asked how he had ended cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency and how other countries would know that Iran was not building nuclear weapons?

Iranian President Masoud Peshkian replied that his country was negotiating on the issue and during that time ‘we were told that Israel would not attack Iran, but then Israel dropped a bomb on the negotiating table.’