Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has once again rejected US and Israeli justifications for attacking Iran's nuclear facilities, calling them a “heinous lie.”
In a statement posted on social media platform X on Sunday, Araghchi referenced recent affirmations from the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, who emphasized that Iran has never sought to develop nuclear weapons.
Grossi’s remarks were made during a speech at the United Nations, where he stated, “The Iranians are not, and they were not,” attempting to build a nuclear arsenal.
Araghchi also highlighted supportive comments from Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, who reiterated that an Iranian"nuclear threat" has been non-existent.
In the past 48 hours, the heinous lie that the unlawful Israeli and U.S. bombing of Iran was motivated by an imminent nuclear threat has been thoroughly debunked by
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) November 2, 2025
- The International Atomic Energy Agency Chief, who has explicitly stated that Iran"is not and was not"…
“My Omani counterpart, H.E. Al Busaidi, a trusted intermediary between Iran and the US, has clarified that there was never any Iranian ‘nuclear threat,’” Araghchi said.
He emphasized that Iran did not undermine diplomacy, adding, “Those who blew up the negotiating table did.”
The Iranian foreign minister contended that these testimonies reveal the unfounded rationale behind US and Israeli assertions that their unlawful actions towards Iran were preemptive measures against an imminent nuclear threat.
He stated that Israel's aggression stems from a fear of the potential failure of its campaign to demonize Iran, characterizing the US-Israeli alliance’s military threats as an attack on diplomacy itself.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Araghchi condemned the US for its longstanding criticism of Iran's peaceful nuclear program while simultaneously resuming its own atomic weapons tests, actions he claims violate international law.
"Make no mistake: The US is the World’s Most Dangerous Proliferation Risk," Araghchi stated, arguing that the resumption of nuclear tests poses a serious threat to international peace and security.
Having rebranded its “Department of Defense” as the “Department of War”, a nuclear-armed bully is resuming testing of atomic weapons. The same bully has been demonizing Iran's peaceful nuclear program and threatening further strikes on our safeguarded nuclear facilities, all in…
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) October 30, 2025
He further urged the global community to unite in holding the US accountable for normalizing the proliferation of nuclear weapons, calling the announcement of renewed testing a regressive and irresponsible move.
