SAEDNEWS: Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi delivered a blistering response to Benjamin Netanyahu’s Fox News interview, dismissing the Israeli premier’s threats as hollow and accusing him of seeking refuge “with Daddy” after Iran’s retaliatory missile strikes.
According to Saed News, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister, today castigated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for what he called “delusional” rhetoric aimed at undermining Iran’s nuclear achievements. Speaking in response to Netanyahu’s recent Fox News appearance, Araghchi accused the Israeli leader of overestimating his capacity to erase four decades of peaceful nuclear progress. “Each of the Iranian scientists your mercenaries murdered had trained hundreds of capable disciples,” Araghchi said, warning that “those disciples will soon demonstrate to Netanyahu exactly what they are capable of.”
Araghchi went on to highlight several strategic blunders attributed to Netanyahu, referencing his unfulfilled pledge of victory in Gaza nearly two years ago. “The end result,” he observed, “was a military quagmire, an arrest warrant for war crimes, and 200,000 new Hamas recruits.” He told Fox News viewers that, having failed to achieve any of his war aims against Iran, Netanyahu “was compelled to run to ‘Daddy’”—a clear allusion to the U.S. president—after Iran’s powerful missiles “flattened secret Israeli regime sites,” which he noted remain censored by the Israeli government.
Turning to the prime minister’s stipulations for a future Iran‑U.S. agreement—namely restrictions on uranium enrichment, missile range, and regional “terrorist activity”—Araghchi dismissed them as “unfounded accusations” and reiterated Tehran’s right to peaceful nuclear development. He concluded with a pointed challenge: “In light of your track record, Mr Netanyahu, what exactly are you firing at? And if nothing, what dossier does Mossad hold at the heart of the White House?”
Observers say Araghchi’s forceful remarks underscore Tehran’s determination to frame Israel’s security concerns as politically opportunistic, while signalling a readiness to confront any external pressure on its nuclear program. As both capitals prepare for renewed negotiations, the exchange highlights the deep-seated mistrust that continues to define Iran–Israel–U.S. relations.
