The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Monday hit back at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for threatening that the US and Israel will “finish the job” against Iran.
“Threatening others is both a gross violation of international law and the United Nations Charter,” said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei. He added that the US and Israel could “not do a damn thing” against Iran.
Referring to President Trump’s calls for a deal with Iran, Baghaei said, “You cannot threaten Iran on one hand and claim to support dialogue on the other hand.” Trump has also increased sanctions on Iran by reinstating his so-called “maximum pressure campaign.”
Netanyahu made the threat against Iran while hosting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Jerusalem on Sunday.
“Over the last 16 months, Israel has dealt a mighty blow to Iran’s terror axis. Under the strong leadership of President Trump and with your unflinching support, I have no doubt that we can and will finish the job,” Netanyahu said.
Rubio also took aim at Iran in his remarks to the press, claiming the Islamic Republic was the “single greatest source of instability in the region.”
The threat from Netanyahu came after a report from The Washington Post said the US expects Israel to launch an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities in the coming months.
The report, which cited US intelligence, said the idea would be to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities even though there’s no evidence Tehran has decided to build a nuclear weapon. President Trump even recently acknowledged that Iranian leadership doesn’t want a nuclear bomb.
Iran is also a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which Israel refuses to sign due to its secret nuclear weapons program that the US doesn’t officially acknowledge.
This is again colossal gall from Israel, to try to speak for the USA, which has already stated, we are not attacking Iran.
The WP is just another CIA news outlet. They cheer on wars. They make up stuff, pretending to speak for Trump and Vance.
They have successfully have been speaking for the USA for quite a while… Iraq, Syria, Libya… Doesn't matter who is in the corner office.
Netanyahu made the threat against Iran while hosting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Jerusalem on Sunday.
Why didn't Rubio push back against what Netanyahu said? Instead, we get this:
Rubio also took aim at Iran in his remarks to the press, claiming the Islamic Republic was the “single greatest source of instability in the region.”
He only supports Trump but not necessarily his cabinet members…!
This is the time for Iran to go nuclear. The USA under trump is incapable of building a coalition of allies needed to knock out Iran's nuclear ability. Israel alone does not have the ability. And US arm forces are led by a TV guy. All adds to the time for Iran to go nuclear.
I'm sure that Khamenei will carefully consider your advice.
Geez, I miss Biden. /s
Iran should go nuclear and then offer to de-nuclearize provided Israel does.
The US/West's argument is that if Iran were to go nuclear, it It would start an arms race and make all other ME nations (Saudi, Egypt, Turkey….) go nuclear…whereas that box was already opened by Israel.
Funny how the USA refuses to acknowledge that the nuclear arms race was already underway and that due to stolen Ur and tech Israel wants to be the only one
Hasn't this Dog and Pony Show gone on long enough?
Trump administration will insist on very draconian measures which Iran will not accept. For instance, completely disarming Iran including limits on conventional weapons, drones and missiles….:
"we want you completely defenseless"
All "non starters" and ab-initio understood to be refused. Then the World will be told: "Iran recalcitrant: US and Israel have no choice"
Not that easy of an excuse…! Iranian president has consistently asked for talks with US on equal level… So the whole world knows…!
Mr crime minister: you can NOT even finish the job in Gaza and Lebanon… let alone Iran…!
These guys still don’t get it. “International law” is a meaningless word like Swiss Cheese. It sounds fancy but you can punch a hole in almost any oily cheese and call it that.