Iran president reveals “Israel” attempted to assassinate him

Iranian 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.

"They did try, yes. They acted accordingly, but they failed," Pezeshkian told US media figure Tucker Carlson in response to a question on whether he believed “Israel” had tried to kill him.

"It was not the United States that was behind the attempt on my life. It was Israel. I was in a meeting... they tried to bombard the area in which we were holding that meeting," he said according to a translation of his remarks from Persian, without specifying whether the alleged attempt was during the recent war.