In the midst of negotiations with the US, Iranian President Massoud Pezkian gave a interview Monday to the famous political analyst and former Fox News presenter Tucker Carlson, where he revealed that – during the recent war – he had not been struck by Israel.

“They tried, yes. But they failed, “he said.

“I was at a meeting (…) they tried to bomb the area where this meeting was held,” the Iranian president said, stressing that it was an action of “Israel”, according to the translation of his statements in English by an interpreter.

When asked how he was sure that Israel attempted to assassinate him, Pezkian replied:

“Of course, the US did not orchestrate my assassination attempt … Israel was hiding behind. I had gone to a secret meeting … but thanks to the information of the spies bombed the spot where I was. “

During the war, Iranian diplomacy reported that Foreign Minister Abbas Aragzi also was done Target attempted murder.

For his part, in an interview with ABC News on June 16, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would not exclude the possibility of ordering the highest leader of Iranian Ayatola to be killed. Ali in order to “end the war” with Iran.

In the same interview, the Iranian president assured that Tehran was willing to continue negotiating with Washington, despite the Israeli and US air bombardment campaign against Iranian nuclear facilities last month.

The Iranian president, however, wondered “how” his country “can show confidence” in the US.

“How can we know with certainty that in the midst of negotiations the Israeli regime will not receive (American) approval again to attack us?” said President Pezkian, who was promised to resume the dialogue with the West to ensure the lifting of sanctions that are hit hard by the Iranian economy.

However, in the event of an agreement, “nothing would prevent” even the US investment in Iran, after sanctions were removed, he underlined.

Israel fired early on the morning of June 13th, an unprecedented width against Iran, a first act of the 12 -day war. The Israeli government argued that the aim was to prevent the Islamic Republic, a sworn enemy of the Jewish state, to acquire nuclear weapons, which perceives as an existential threat.

Tehran always denies that she has such aspirations and reflects that it is her right to have a political nuclear program, especially for energy production.

Israeli blows, almost all by air, killed senior Iranian army officers, including leaders of the Revolutionary Guards, and some ten scientists who participated in the nuclear program.

According to the latest report on the victims broadcast by state television, at least 1,060 people were killed in Iran during the war (June 13-June 13).