Iran foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, speaks during a press conference at the Lutfi K?rdar Congress Center on the sideline of the 51st session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in Istanbul on June 22, 2025. AFP
In a press conference on the sidelines of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting in Istanbul, FM Aragchi added: "Netanyahu is the one who controls the White House's decisions."
"They crossed a very big red line by attacking (Iran's) nuclear facilities," Araghchi said.
"The most dangerous one happened only last night," Araghchi said, vowing that Iran would defend itself "by all means necessary against, not just US military aggression, but also the reckless and unlawful actions of the Israeli regime".
"The world must not forget that it was the United States which -- in the midst of a process to forge a diplomatic outcome -- betrayed diplomacy by supporting the genocidal Israeli regime's launch of an illegal war of aggression on the Iranian nation," he said.
"So we were in diplomacy, but we were attacked. They gave a green light to Israelis, if not instructed them, to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. They have proved that they are not men of diplomacy, and they only understand the language of threat and force."
"We no longer trust the Europeans after what happened recently."
"I will visit Moscow today and meet with Putin tomorrow. Russia is a strategic partner and ally of Iran, and we will discuss recent developments with them."
"We are consulting and coordinating with Russia and China and we are discussing the recent escalation."
"Tehran did nothing wrong, and it is difficult to understand why we were attacked based on a false claim."
"The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was unable to protect Iran," he noted.
"The extent of the damage from the US attacks is being investigated."
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