Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi threatened to “school” Israel if the US does not fulfill its commitment to “muzzling its pets in Tel Aviv” under the recently signed US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding in a post on X/Twitter on Wednesday.
Araghchi’s threat was made in response to Defense Minister Israel Katz stating that Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has been "marked for death."
Katz made the statement during a closed military briefing on Monday. Israel has no plans to strike Khamenei, as doing so would significantly damage the MoU and ongoing US-Iran negotiations.
During the briefing, Katz also reaffirmed that Israel “will not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons.”
Araghchi asserted that “the terms of the Islamabad MoU are crystal clear and public for all to see,” claiming that US President Donald Trump committed to “muzzling” Israel under the MoU.
“If they ignore their master, Iran will school them,” Aragchi said, seemingly in reference to Israel abiding by the terms of the MoU.
He continued to warn that any threats against Iranian leadership will trigger an “immediate, powerful response.”
First term of US-Iran MoU requires termination of military operation
The first term of the 14-point MoU detailed that as of the signing of the agreement, all allies of the US and Iran must terminate all military operations related to the US’s Operation Epic Fury, Israel’s Operation Roaring Lion, and strikes carried out by Iran and Iran’s proxy terror groups.
The first point also prohibited any involved parties from initiating “any war or any military operation against each other” and required all to “refrain from the threat or use of force against each other.”