Pezeshkian’s Fox interview Baier asks about war

Feb 28

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.

Ali Khamenei was killed in the opening U.S.–Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28. In his September UN address, Pezeshkian recalls the killing, attributes it to Iran's adversaries and calls it unjustified. IRINN's speech, social-media and street-reaction coverage recounts his display of the late leader's image; Vremya carries his accusation. In the September 24 Fox interview, Pezeshkian again condemns the killing alongside attacks on scientists, commanders and officials. Kan's September 24 broadcast carries Netanyahu recalling Khamenei among adversaries he says are dead and characterizing them as terrorists and mass murderers. That characterization remains Netanyahu's claim, alongside the Iranian accounts. IRINN's September 23 and 25 rally retrospectives allege that the late leader's fist stayed clenched in his final moments and use it as a symbol of continuing resistance. Those broadcasts do not independently establish his final gesture or the circumstances of his death. The later speeches, photo display and nightly gatherings remain distinct occurrences; their recollections do not move the original killing to September.