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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned on July 1 that the memorandum of understanding obligates the United States to “muzzle its pets in Tel Aviv” and prevent Israel from militarily threatening Iran
“The terms of the Islamabad MoU are crystal clear and public for all to see. POTUS has committed the US to muzzling its pets in Tel Aviv,” Araghchi wrote in a post on X.
“If they ignore their master, Iran will school them. Any threat against our People and Leadership will receive Immediate Powerful Response,” he added.
The warning came in response to Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, who said in a briefing with Israeli military reporters a day earlier that Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was “marked for death.”
Katz also said that the Islamic Republic was attempting to “extract concessions” in its talks with the U.S., warning that Israel “will not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. If an agreement achieves that, all the better.”
The minister doubled down, renewing his threats on July 1. He said that Israel had twice carried out “proactive preemptive attacks” against Iran and would strike a third time if necessary.
“We crushed the nuclear program it was advancing and removed an existential threat from over the citizens of Israel,” Katz said.
“We thwarted its leaders, headed by (former Supreme Leader Ali) Khamenei, who led the plan to destroy Israel,” he added.
Israel is not a signatory to the memorandum of understanding signed by the U.S. and Iran last month. Nevertheless, the deal clearly states in its very first term that the allies of both countries should “refrain from the threat or use of force against each other.” Naturally, this includes Israel being the main ally of the U.S. in its war on Iran.
The latest warning by Araghchi came as Iran began another round of indirect talks with the Americans in the Qatari capital, Doha.
Two senior Iranian sources who spoke with Reuters after the start of the talks said that the Islamic Republic is determined to win international recognition of its control over the Strait of Hormuz and ability to levy fees on ships entering or leaving the Gulf even if it has to do so by force.
U.S. and Iran clashed over the waterway in recent days after Oman announced an alternative route along its shoreline in cooperation with the International Maritime Organization.
Two ships were hit along the route, with the U.S. Central Command holding Iran responsible and launching two waves of strikes against the Islamic Republic. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responded both times, hitting American bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.
Despite all recent tensions, U.S. President Donald Trump said that the talks with the Islamic Republic in the Qatari capital went well.
“The denuclearization of Iran is moving along well,” Trump told reporters. “They’ve had very good meetings, and we’ll see.”
Katz’s latest threats were a deliberate attempt to sabotage the American-Iranian talks in Qatar, and it has clearly failed. It remains unclear, however, if the two countries made any meaningful progress on key issues, like the future of the Strait of Hormoz, during the indirect talks.
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the rabid joo mutt does not need to be muzzled – it needs to be put down permanently.
the “pet” in tel aviv owns the united $tates -end of story!… and iran knows that an mou is “not” a peace treaty! speaking as an american this does not end well for either the u.$. or i$rael and will inevitably drag in the russian federation and prc.