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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Iranian president says Israel tried to assassinate him

Masoud Pezeshkian
Pezeshkian said in a US media interview that Iran had ‘no problem’ in restarting nuclear talks. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

The Iranian president has said that Israel attempted to assassinate him by bombarding an area in which he was holding a meeting.

“They did try, yes. They acted accordingly, but they failed,” Masoud Pezeshkian told the US media personality Tucker Carlson in response to a question on whether he believed Israel had tried to kill him. Carlson’s interview, conducted via an interpreter and released on Monday, is one the first interviews the Iranian president has given with western media since the 12-day war fought between Israel and Iran last month.

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