Iran renews warning about Israeli intentions amid diplomatic engagement with US
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has renewed Iran’s warning about the Israeli regime’s desire to drag the United States into another war against the Islamic Republic amid renewed nuclear negotiations between Tehran and Washington.
The top diplomat made the remarks in an interview with Russia Today on Tuesday, when asked about Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pending visit to the White House, where the latter is expected to try to adversely affect the diplomatic process.
Araghchi described Netanyahu as a “warmonger” who “doesn’t like” peace or diplomacy. “In the past two years, he has attacked seven countries in our region,” the foreign minister said, noting that the last target was Qatar, “an ally to the US, a friend to the US and the West.”
Netanyahu “has no solution in his mind but war” and has repeatedly tried “to drag the United States into war with Iran,” he added.
The official cited the regime’s prior such attempt that saw Washington join Tel Aviv halfway through the latter’s imposed war on the Islamic Republic in June.
He described the experience as “a disaster” for both the regime and the United States, referring to the Islamic Republic’s decisive and successful retaliation that forced Tel Aviv to call for a ceasefire through Washington.
“And if they try a failed experience, once again, the result would not be any different,” Araghchi said.
The Israeli premier’s pending visit is reportedly going to feature his trying to push the US president to include the issue of Iran’s missile program in the talks.
Tehran has roundly ruled out such prospect, identifying its missile capability as an integral part of its defensive might and, therefore, a sovereign right.
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On the indirect talks, the latest round of which took place in the Omani capital Muscat on Friday, Araghchi said the Iranian delegation’s interlocutors, including Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Washington’s regional envoy Steve Witkoff, were “trying to avoid war and to find a diplomatic solution.”
The official characterized this approach as “the wisest decision that President Trump can make.”
He, however, once again reminded that Netanyahu “doesn’t like the fact that the talks are going well.”
The foreign minister, meanwhile, emphasized that the Islamic Republic’s commitment to the process depended on that of the United States, stating, “If they are serious, which we are still not completely sure about, we are serious too.”
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