Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Saturday, July 5, made a public appearance for the first time since Iran and Israel’s conflict began. The BBC reported that Khamenei was at a mosque for an Ashura ceremony, during which Shia Muslims commemorate the death of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hossein.
Before that, Khamenei had last been seen in a recorded address on June 25, where he said that the United States would “definitely pay a heavy price” if they attacked Iran again. These remarks came after the United States struck three of Iran’s nuclear sites and a 12-day war between Iran and Israel. That was started on June 13, when Israel struck Iran’s nuclear facilities.
State television footage shows Khamenei walking onto a stage in front of a cheering crowd of people, waving to them and then sitting in a chair on the side of the stage. Also in attendance were Iran’s vice president, minister of justice and speaker of the Parliament, who were sitting on the floor, the New York Times reported.
Meanwhile, on Sunday, July 6, the BRICS block of developing nations condemned the attacks on Iran during a meeting in Brazil. Although Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was expected to attend the summit before the June assault, he sent Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi instead.
The Associated Press wrote that Aragchi called Israel’s strikes an “invasion,” and that both them and the United States should be held accountable for rights violations.
BRICS originally consisted of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The organization included Indonesia, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates in 2024.
Tucker Carlson interviews Iran’s president
On Saturday, July 5, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson previewed his interview with Pezeshkian in a video on X.
“We know we’ll be criticized for doing this interview. Why did we do it anyway?” Carlson said. “Well, we did it because we were just at war with Iran 10 days ago, and maybe again.” He added that “American citizens have the constitutional right and God-given right to all the information they can gather about matters that affect them.”
Since Carlson doesn’t speak Persian, the interview was done remotely and through a translator, which Carlson said is “always awkward.”
“There are all kinds of questions I didn’t ask the president of Iran, particularly questions I knew I could not get an honest answer to,” Carlson said.
Among these questions are whether Iran’s nuclear program was disabled.
“There’s no chance he’s going to answer that question honestly,” Carlson said. “I didn’t bother to ask it. The answer, in fact, from an American perspective, even from the CIA’s perspective, is unknowable.”
Questions Carlson said he did ask Pezeshkian were “What is your goal? Do you seek war with the United States? Do you seek war with Israel?”
Carlson previously criticized the U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites and got into a heated exchange about it with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
In his video, Carlson also said he put in three interview requests to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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