Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian claimed that Israel tried to assassinate him in an interview with conservative US podcaster Tucker Carlson, released on Monday.

"They did try, yes," he told Carlson on Saturday. "They acted accordingly, but they failed." 

Israel did not immediately respond to the allegation. A senior IDF official said last month that Israel killed more than 30 senior security officials and 11 senior nuclear scientists in its attack on Iran's nuclear sites.

Pezeshkian blamed Israel for the collapse of talks that were in place when Israel began its strikes on Iran on June 13, starting a 12-day air war with Israel in which top Iranian commanders and nuclear scientists were killed.

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