Pezeshkian’s Fox interview Baier asks about war

Sep 22

Bret Baier interviews Pezeshkian about negotiations, the June memorandum, ship attacks and command authority. Pezeshkian disputes protest death figures, describes meeting the supreme leader and denies knowledge of Chinese imagery alleged to have helped target a deadly Jordan strike. He offers uranium dilution and verification within an agreement, acknowledges economic hardship and rejects surrender. Baier challenges the answers with competing accounts; disputed casualty figures, responsibility and conditional proposals remain attributed.

At his September 22 UN address, Trump says he must choose between an agreement allowing Iran to rebuild and the destruction of the Islamic Republic. He predicts a deal after the U.S. congressional midterms, accuses Iran of waiting to see the election result and repeats that Iran must never obtain nuclear weapons. These are threats, claims and expectations; no agreement or military decision is announced. ABC, Fox, Kan, Tagesschau, TSN, Vremya and Al Arabiya present different excerpts and interpretations. Kan discusses obstacles and the potential cost of escalation; Tagesschau contrasts the threat with cooperation language and reports disapproval of Trump's foreign policy. ABC's Xi-arrival report recalls only the post-election forecast. In separate interviews Macron replies to the ultimatum by emphasizing Hormuz, and Pezeshkian says Iran did not choose war and rejects surrender. Those responses remain distinct from acceptance of Trump's terms.