Fresno council member Karbassi speaks on Iran attacks: 'This isn't a war. This is a rescue mission.'

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno City Council President and Iranian-American Mike Karbassi took a uncommon stance connected an planetary lawsuit Monday, sharing his enactment for the intensifying U.S.-Israeli subject enactment successful Iran.

"I privation america to beryllium focused connected roads and safety, but I americium the archetypal Persian-American connected the council, and I americium the assembly president. I americium compelled to speech astir this due to the fact that I deliberation a batch of folks are going to beryllium acrophobic and scared," Karbassi said.

Karbassi archetypal expressed his enactment successful a connection released Saturday.

It comes arsenic helium prepares for a tally astatine a spot connected the Fresno County Board of Supervisors.

Speaking passionately Monday, helium told america his household members are actively navigating the war-torn region.

"I accidental to folks, this isn't a war. This is simply a rescue mission," the assembly president said. "We're rescuing the Iranian people, but we're besides protecting our nationalist interests, due to the fact that you've seen what they're doing now, bombing bases, bombing the Gulf states, trying to weaponry Israel constantly. If they had a atomic bomb, they'd bash it too."

But the state sits divided connected the U.S's prime to act.

Over the weekend, radical took to the streets successful North Fresno condemning the onslaught connected Iran.

Valley Congressman Jim Costa besides shared interest successful a statement, penning successful part,

"While confronting these threats is necessary, subject enactment of this magnitude carries superior risks. Our troops are successful harm's way, and determination is simply a existent anticipation that this struggle could grow into a wider and prolonged warfare successful the Middle East without the knowing oregon enactment of the American people."

More than 2,000 radical with Iranian ancestry telephone Fresno home, and Karbassi made it wide the outgo that comes with liberation is not mislaid connected anyone.

"The Persian American assemblage is disquieted astir our work members. We don't privation immoderate Americans to get killed successful the sanction of, of course, stopping tyranny, but they're grateful," Karbassi said.

When the onslaught was archetypal launched, President Trump told the Iranian radical the authorities would beryllium theirs to take, and Karbassi believes that volition beryllium reality.

"We request the Iranian radical stepping up and coming retired and taking implicit their government. I deliberation that's going to happen," Karbassi said.

The assembly president made it wide successful his interrogation with Action News that this is his ain idiosyncratic stance and helium volition not beryllium presenting immoderate resolutions oregon proclamations to his chap assembly members.