Tehran
\nIranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in an interview released on Monday that Israel, which last month fought a 12-day war with Iran, had attempted to assassinate him.
\nThe remarks came less than a month after Israel launched its unprecedented June 13 bombing campaign against Iran, killing top military commanders and nuclear scientists.
\nThe Israeli attacks took place two days before Tehran and Washington were set to meet for a new round of nuclear talks, stalling negotiations that were aimed at reaching a deal over Iran\u2019s atomic programme.
\n\u201cThey did try, yes. They acted accordingly, but they failed,\u201d Pezeshkian told US media figure Tucker Carlson in response to a question on whether he believed Israel had tried to kill him.
\n\u201cIt was not the United States that was behind the attempt on my life. It was Israel. I was in a meeting\u2026 they tried to bombard the area in which we were holding that meeting,\u201d he said, according to a translation of his remarks from Persian, in apparent reference to an alleged assassination attempt during the recent war.
\nMore than 900 people were killed in Iran during the conflict, according to the judiciary.
\nThe Israeli attacks drew waves of retaliatory drone and missile fire, killing 28 people in Israel, according to authorities.
\n\u2018Forever wars\u2019
\nThe 12-day war between Iran and Israel saw it, along with the United States, launching strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz.
\nA ceasefire between Iran and Israel took hold since June 24.
\nOn June 16, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not rule out plans to assassinate Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying it would \u201cend the conflict\u201d after reports emerged at the time that US President Donald Trump had vetoed the move.
\nDuring the interview with Carlson, Pezeshkian accused Netanyahu of pursuing his \u201cown agenda\u201d of \u201cforever wars\u201d in the Middle East, and urged the United States not to be dragged into it.
\n\u201cThe US administration should refrain from getting involved in a war that is not America\u2019s war, it is Netanyahu\u2019s war,\u201d he said.
\nHe added that his country has \u201cno problem\u201d restarting nuclear talks, provided that trust can be reestablished between the two countries.
\n\u201cWe see no problem in re-entering the negotiations,\u201d the Iranian president said.
\n\u201cThere is a condition \u2026 for restarting the talks. How are we going to trust the United States again?\u201d
\n\u201cWe re-entered the negotiations, then how can we know for sure that in the middle of the talks the Israeli regime will not be given the permission again to attack us?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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