Pezeshkian’s Fox interview Baier asks about war

Sep 24

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.

In the September 24 Fox interview, Pezeshkian says Iran did not choose war, will defend itself and will not surrender outside an international legal framework. He says Iran seeks an agreement under international law. Asked about U.S. midterm elections, he says Iran does not base its decisions on American elections and that a legally framed agreement could be reached before or afterward. Asked whether the war will end before year-end, he gives no firm date, again favors dialogue, alleges Israel imposed the war and says America must choose whether to end it. Fox's immediate Yingst segment presents the self-defense answer alongside skepticism about Iranian resistance and a possible deal. IRINN emphasizes self-defense and rejection of surrender; Oman emphasizes readiness for negotiations and his statement that ending the war rests with Washington. Fox's September 25 regional report contrasts a reported Iranian foreign-minister remark about helping Trump before the elections with Pezeshkian's explicit denial of an electoral calculation. These are competing positions and interpretations; neither the war's end nor renewed accepted negotiations is reported as achieved.