{"id":198684,"date":"2026-03-01T01:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T01:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/198684\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T01:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T01:02:07","slug":"fresno-councilmember-karbassi-addresses-the-iran-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/198684\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno councilmember Karbassi addresses the Iran attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Fresno City Councilmember Mike Karbassi released a statement regarding the attack on Iran.<\/p>\n

Karbasi stated he does not comment on international affairs as his responsibility is to Fresno.<\/p>\n

However, due to his background and the community questioning, he shared the following response.<\/p>\n

\"Fresno<\/p>\n

Fresno councilmember Karbassi addresses the Iran attack<\/p>\n

Karbasi stated, \u201cFor decades, the Iranian regime has inflicted profound harm, not only across the Middle East and around the world, but most tragically upon its own people.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cIn recent weeks, we\u2019ve seen tens of thousands of unarmed citizens persecuted, imprisoned, and killed for demanding basic freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom of conscience.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cMy heart is with the brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces in harm’s way.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is a moment that carries risk. Before the 1979 revolution, Iran and the United States were close allies. There was a partnership, shared interests, and hope for stability and prosperity.<\/p>\n

I remain hopeful that one day a free Iran can stand as a Friend of the United States, securing freedom for the Iranian people and strengthening security for the American people.<\/p>\n

He concluded, \u201cThe Iranian people deserve the same blessing of liberty that we cherish in America. I believe in a future where democracy prevails, tyranny gives way to freedom, and peace is built through shared values.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Fresno City Councilmember Mike Karbassi released a statement regarding the attack on Iran. Karbasi…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-198684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}