Top conservative podcast host Tucker Carlson sparked a wave of online attention Saturday by announcing an exclusive interview with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
The revelation comes less than two weeks after President Donald Trump secured a ceasefire between Iran and Israel, following a highly effective U.S. military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Carlson posted a video message stating, “We just finished up an interview with Masoud Pezeshkian, who is the president of Iran. A 70-year-old heart surgeon who leads the country we were just at war with a week-and-a-half ago.”
He acknowledged the controversial nature of the interview, saying, “We know we will be doing this interview but we did it anyway,” before explaining his motivations.
Carlson emphasized that the interview was conducted to uphold Americans’ constitutional and “god-given” rights to access information on issues impacting the nation.
He said, “If their country is doing something in their name they have a right, an absolute right, to know as much about it as they can. And that would include hearing from the people they’re fighting.”
Addressing skepticism, Carlson admitted that listeners might doubt some of Pezeshkian’s statements but argued that the purpose is to let the audience decide for themselves,