Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of attempting to drag the United States into “disaster” in the Middle East, warning against any attempt to attack Iran, AFP reports.

“Netanyahu is directly meddling within the US Government to drag it into another disaster in our region,” Araghchi said on X, warning against “any mistake against Iran”.

Araghchi also accused Netanyahu of “attempting to brazenly dictate what [US] President Trump can and cannot do in his diplomacy with Iran”.

Iran’s top diplomat cited the United States’ support for Israel in its conflict in Gaza against Hamas since the group’s unprecedented October 2023 attack