Mehdi Sobhani initially requested the removal of the RFE/RL reporter from the National Press Club Meeting, noting that “this outlet is currently working for our enemy.”
Just as moderator Narine Mkrtchyan said he was unable to take the journalist away and urged him to start the event, Sobhani replied “I won’t take part” and left the room.
Ultimately, a correspondent for the RFE/RL, funded by the US and operated under the US global media agency, left the meeting after his presence caused confusion.
Knowing about the journalist’s decision, Sobani returned to the meeting.
RFE/RL is broadcast in Persian and is designed to help US interests and policy agendas.
Early on June 13, the Israeli regime launched a full attack on Iranian soil by targeting various military and nuclear sites, claiming the lives of dozens of military commanders, nuclear scientists, and ordinary civilians.
On June 22, the United States joined the Israeli regime in an attack, bombing three Iranian nuclear sites with serious violations of the UN Charter, international law, and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
A day later, Iran fired a wave of missiles at Aldead Air Force Base in Qatar, the largest US military base in West Asia.
Iranian forces were forced to unilaterally declare an armistice contract on June 24, using many new generation missiles that hit Israel and its military and industrial infrastructure, and accurately attacked designated targets.
MNA