Iran’s foreign minister has stated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is attempting to control the United States’ positions in talks with Iran, asserting that Netanyahu’s efforts stem from his failure to achieve objectives in recent actions against the Islamic Republic.
Abbas Araghchi commented that despite his lack of success during the recent aggression against Iran, Netanyahu is “openly dictating” what the US should or should not say or do in discussions with Tehran.
Araghchi made these remarks on social media in response to a statement by Netanyahu suggesting Iran must limit the range of its missiles to 480 kilometers. The Iranian minister characterized it as absurd for Iran to accept advice from someone he labeled a war criminal.
Netanyahu pledged victory in Gaza almost two years ago. The end result: military quagmire, facing arrest warrant for war crimes, and 200,000 new Hamas recruits.
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— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) July 13, 2025
He further emphasized that Netanyahu’s aspirations to undermine more than 40 years of Iran’s peaceful nuclear advancements were unrealistic. Araghchi said that each of the dozen Iranian scientists killed by mercenaries had trained over 100 capable successors ready to demonstrate their skills to Netanyahu.
“But his arrogance doesn’t end there. Having miserably failed to achieve any of his war objectives in Iran and compelled to turn to ‘Daddy’ when our powerful missiles targeted secret Israeli sites—which Netanyahu is still censoring—he is now openly dictating what the US should or shouldn’t say or do in talks with Iran,” he stated.
On June 13, ‘Israel’ launched a blatant and unprovoked act of aggression against Iran, assassinating many high-ranking military commanders, nuclear scientists, and ordinary civilians.
More than a week later, the United States also entered the war by bombing three Iranian nuclear sites in a grave violation of the United Nations Charter, international law, and the NPT.
In response, the Iranian Armed Forces targeted strategic sites across the occupied territories as well as the al-Udeid air base in Qatar, the largest American military base in West Asia.
On June 24, Iran, through its successful retaliatory operations against both the Israeli regime and the US, managed to impose a halt to the illegal assault.
Source: Iranian media (edited by Al-Manar English Website)
