Iran says that Israel tried to kill him during a 12 -day war

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Iran’s President Masoud Bezishian said that Israel tried to assassinate him during the war last month for 12 days between the two countries.

Pezeshkian submitted the request in a video interview with the character of the American conservative media Tucker Carlson, during which he also indicated that Iran is still open to renew diplomacy with the United States on the nuclear program of the Islamic Republic.

When Carlson was asked if Israel had tried to kill him, Bezishian replied: “They tried, yes, they behaved accordingly, but they failed.”

He said that the attempt occurred during his meeting at the meeting “discussing the ways to move forward”, and suggested that the Israeli forces had been removed through “intelligence from spies.”

He said: “They tried to bomb the area we were holding this meeting,” without providing details about the timing or how close to the attack. Pezeshkian’s comments are translated into English by a translator.

Israel began An attack on Iran With the devastating shelling raids that killed dozens of senior military leaders and nuclear scientists. The United States also launched an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities during the war, which ended with a ceasefire last month.

During the conflict, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he could consider the assassination of Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khawni. However, US President Donald Trump claimed that he intervened to prevent such a measure.

Khamna, who was where he was during the fighting, attended a religious party last weekend in His first public appearance Since the war began. His assistants confirm that he continued to direct the war effort and made major strategic decisions during the conflict.

During the interview with Carlson, Pezeshkian pledged to give “life and blood” to Iran.

Pezeshkian, who declined to accuse Washington of being involved in the alleged assassination attempt, did not rule out new negotiations with the United States, but expressed doubts about their horizons.

Before the outbreak of the war, Tehran participated in five rounds of indirect negotiations with Washington on the future of its nuclear program. The sixth round in Amman was scheduled to start shortly after the Israeli attack.

“There is no problem to restart conversations with the United States,” PEZESHKIAN told Carlson, but added: “How do we trust in the United States again? … How can we know the certainty that in the middle of the conversations, the Israeli regime will not be given permission again to attack us?”

While the Israeli strikes and the United States dealt with the severe strikes on the army and the Iranian regime, there were conflicting accounts of the extent of its recovery of the Tehran nuclear program.

While Trump claimed that the program – which Washington warns its weapon It has been “blurry”, The head of the United Nations World Nuclear Agency said last month that Iran could enrich uranium “within months.”

Iran insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.

Pezeshkian made strong criticism of what he described as Israeli war crimes during the conflict. He said that the Israeli forces targeted the military leaders while they were running out of service, and the nuclear scientists were killed with their families and other civilians.

“Because they wanted to kill one person, they were forced to demolish and destroy a whole building, and as a result, many people were killed,” he said.

Israeli officials said Iran’s missiles struck residential buildings in Israel. The IDF did not immediately respond to a request for suspension.