Israel is threatening Muslim nations, Iran's foreign minister said on Sunday in an op-ed on a pan-Arab daily newspaper, urging Islamic countries to impose sanctions and form an international coalition against Iran's archenemy.
Abbas Araghchi accused Israel of pursuing expansionist policies in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria, in his opinion piece published Sunday by the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat.
The Iranian official urged international bodies to prosecute Israeli leaders and said the upcoming extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah must go “beyond issuing statements and words of condemnation.”
At Iran's request, an extraordinary OIC meeting will be held in Saudi Arabia on Monday to discuss the situation in Gaza. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will chair the meeting, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
“The illusion of Greater Israel is an existential danger and a threat to international peace and security,” Araghchi wrote.
Araghchi also warned OIC states against reliance on initiatives like the Abraham Accords.
“Any doubt, weakness, or illusion based on trust in deceptive promises such as the Abraham Accords will lead to great harm for the Islamic nation,” he wrote.
US President Donald Trump on August 8 said Iran’s nuclear arsenal had been “totally obliterated” and called on Middle Eastern nations to join the Abraham Accords, framing the strikes as a pathway to regional peace.
“Now that the nuclear arsenal being ‘created’ by Iran has been totally OBLITERATED, it is very important to me that all Middle Eastern Countries join the Abraham Accords,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “This will ensure PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.”
