Masoud Pezeshkian did not specify whether alleged airstrike on meeting he was holding was during recent warThe 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. Continue reading...