Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of undermining US diplomacy on Iran, saying he is “brazenly dictating” terms to Donald Trump and seeking to drag Washington into another regional conflict.
In a post on X, Araghchi cited a warning by Foundation for Defense of Democracies CEO Mark Dubowitz, carried by the Jewish Insider, who said any deal with Iran “should be avoided at all costs” because it would “put Israel in a much weaker position.”
“Netanyahu is attempting to brazenly DICTATE what President Trump can and cannot do in his diplomacy with Iran. The world has also learned how Netanyahu is directly MEDDLING within the US Government to DRAG it into another DISASTER in our region,” reads his message.
Araghchi condemned what he called “lethal support” for Netanyahu’s campaign in Gaza and US involvement in Yemen, saying it has “achieved NOTHING for the American people.”
He accused Netanyahu of influencing US decisions during the Biden administration and urged Trump to pursue diplomacy “based on mutual respect and mutual interests.”
He said diplomacy remains the only viable path to ensuring Iran does not pursue a nuclear weapon, echoing Trump’s own stated goal.
“If the goal is ‘The only thing they can't have is a nuclear weapon’ as President Trump just said, a deal is achievable and there is only ONE PATH to achieve it: DIPLOMACY based on MUTUAL RESPECT and MUTUAL INTERESTS.”
