Iran MP threatens impeachment of foreign minister over comments

Iranian lawmaker Morteza Mahmoudi said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi would face impeachment over his social media remarks, accusing him of repeated “ill-timed” statements during a sensitive wartime period.

In a post on X, Mahmoudi said that “if it were not for the excuse of war,” Araghchi would have been impeached for his “Twitter message.” He said this was not the first time the foreign minister had made what he described as “strange and untimely statements” during critical moments, adding that such remarks had an impact on global oil and energy markets.