EXCLUSIVE: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi talks to Rick Sanchez amid the war against Iran

An exclusive interview on RT’s Sanchez Effect.

Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, joins us from Tehran under the missile barrage – with the sound of drones audible throughout the conversation. He describes the assassination of the Supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as a “heinous crime.” He said it’s not just a tragedy for Iran, but also for millions of Muslims around the world – which will trigger incidents similar to the shooting that took place in a Texas bar where a gunman killed at least two and wounded 14. Gharibabadi mocks the Israeli and US pretexts for the attack. For decades, they claimed that Iran was about to obtain a nuclear bomb, which the deputy foreign minister dismissed as “Netanyahu’s fantasies,” as Iran has only sought a peaceful nuclear program. He also rejects the notion Iran is a threat to the US, adding that it never threatened US assets in the region, but was itself surrounded by US military assets. Watch the full interview on RT International.