In warning to Israel, Araghchi says Iran ‘strong’ enough to thwart malicious external actors’ plots
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the country is strong enough to thwart any plot by “malicious external actors.”
“Iran is strong and confident enough in its capabilities to thwart any attempt by malicious external actors to sabotage its foreign policy or dictate its course,” Araghchi said in a post on his X account on Monday.
He was reacting to remarks by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who on Sunday repeated calls for the dismantlement of Iran’s entire nuclear infrastructure amid the ongoing nuclear talks between Iran and the United States.
Israel’s fantasy that it can dictate what Iran may or may not do is so detached from reality that it hardly merits a response.
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) April 28, 2025
What is striking, however, is how brazenly Netanyahu is now dictating what President Trump can and cannot do in his diplomacy with Iran.…
He warned that any strike on Iran’s nuclear sites “will be immediately reciprocated.”
Dismissing Israel’s “fantasy” that it can dictate what Iran may or may not do, Araghchi said the occupying regime is “so detached from reality that it hardly merits a response.”
“What is striking, however, is how brazenly Netanyahu is now dictating what [US] President [Donald] Trump can and cannot do in his diplomacy with Iran,” the top Iranian diplomat added.
According to Araghchi, Netanyahu’s allies in the failed team of former US president Joe Biden could not reach a deal with Iran.
He said they “are falsely casting our indirect negotiations with the Trump administration as another JCPOA,” referring to the 2015 nuclear agreement, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Araghchi and Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff have so far led three rounds of indirect talks between Tehran and Washington in the Omani capital of Muscat and the Italian capital, Rome, since April 12.
On Saturday, technical-level talks between Iranian and American experts also took place in Muscat. Michael Anton, the State Department’s head of policy planning, led Washington’s expert-level delegation, while Iranian Deputy Foreign Ministers Kazem Gharibabadi and Majid Takht-Ravanchi led Tehran’s team. The expert-level discussions focused on details of expectations and demands.
During his first term in office, Trump withdrew the United States in 2018 from a previous agreement on Iran’s nuclear program and launched a “maximum pressure” campaign against the country.
The US president restored that policy after returning to the White House for a second term in January, stating that he sought to make a new deal with Iran to replace the JCPOA.
Araghchi also pointed out that many Iranians no longer believe that the JCPOA is sufficient and seek tangible dividends.
He expressed hope that the American side would be equally steadfast in the negotiations.
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