Carlson teases interview with Iranian president

Tucker Carlson will be dropping an interview with Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian this week, releasing a video ahead of what he expects to be blowback against the chat.

Carlson released a video on Saturday revealing he had just wrapped an interview with Pezeshkian and he expects it to drop in the next couple of days. The former Fox News host argued Americans should be hearing as many perspectives as they can when it comes to increased tensions in places like Iran.

In a short video on X, Carlson said the conversation, which was conducted remotely through a translator, will be released “in a day or two.” He acknowledged that he will be criticized for the interview, saying: “Why did we do it anyway? Well, we did it because we were just at war with Iran 10 days ago and maybe again.”

President Donald Trump split some MAGA commentators by bombing Iranian nuclear sites following Iran and Israel carrying out strikes against one another. The extent of the damage of the United States’ strike remains not fully clear, but the president claimed it set back the country’s nuclear programs by years.

Carlson has gotten into heated spats with Republicans like Mark Levin and Sen. Ted Cruz (R) as he’s argued for diplomacy over the United States getting dragged into another war in the Middle East. Commentators like Levin have meanwhile argued for more aggressive actions to be taken against Iran to ensure they never possess a nuclear weapon.

Carlson acknowledged that viewers will not be able to fully trust everything Iran’s president says, but argued the conversation is still worth having as people can decide what they do and do not believe. Carlson said he’s also reached out for an interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Carlson said he avoided questions about the extent of the damage from the United States’ strike, knowing he would not get an honest or accurate answer.

“I asked him very simple questions, such as, what is your goal? Do you seek war with the United States? Do you seek war with Israel, etc, etc,” he said. “Again, the purpose of this was not to get to the absolute truth. That’s impossible in an interview like this. The purpose of the interview was to add to the corpus of knowledge from which Americans can derive their own opinion. Learn everything you can, and then you decide.”