Iran President says open to dialogue with U.S., accuses Israel of assassination attempt

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said helium believes Iran tin resoluteness its differences with the United States done dialogue, but spot would beryllium an contented aft U.S. and Israeli attacks connected his country, according to an interrogation released connected Monday (July 7, 2025).

"I americium of the content that we could precise overmuch easy resoluteness our differences and conflicts with the United States done dialog and talks," Mr. Pezeshkian told blimpish U.S. podcaster Tucker Carlson successful an interrogation conducted connected Saturday (July 6, 2025). The Iranian person urged U.S. President Donald Trump not to beryllium drawn into warfare with Iran by Israeli person Benjamin Netanyahu, who is visiting Washington connected Monday (July 7, 2025) for talks astatine the White House.

"The United States' President, Mr. Trump, helium is susceptible capable to usher the portion towards bid and a brighter aboriginal and enactment Israel successful its place. Or get into a pit, an endless pit, oregon a swamp," Mr. Pezeshkian said. "So it is up to the United States president to take which path."

He blamed Israel, Iran's arch-enemy, for the illness of talks that were successful spot erstwhile Israel began its strikes connected Iran connected June 13, starting a 12-day aerial warfare with Israel successful which apical Iranian commanders and atomic scientists were killed. "How are we going to spot the United States again?" Mr. Pezeshkian said. "How tin we cognize for definite that successful the mediate of the talks the Israeli authorities volition not beryllium fixed the support again to onslaught us?"

Mr. Pezeshkian besides said that Israel tried to assassinate him.

"They did try, yes," helium said. "They acted accordingly, but they failed."

Mr. Trump said helium expected to sermon Iran and its atomic ambitions with Mr. Netanyahu, praising the U.S. strikes connected Iranian atomic sites arsenic a tremendous success. On Friday, helium told reporters that helium believed Tehran's atomic programme had been acceptable backmost permanently, though Iran could restart efforts elsewhere.

Iran has ever denied seeking a atomic weapon.