Tehran (TDI): Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said people across West Asia and the United States are increasingly frustrated with Israel’s role in drawing Washington into prolonged conflicts, accusing the Israeli government of pushing successive US administrations towards “forever wars.”
In a post on X on Monday, Araghchi responded to an interview in which US President Donald Trump defended his decision to launch military strikes against Iran, saying he would make the same decision again despite acknowledging the political costs of the conflict.
Araghchi said Trump appeared to recognise that a majority of Americans were dissatisfied with Israel but questioned whether the US president understood the reasons behind that sentiment. “Americans are evidently sick and tired of Israel bamboozling US administrations into Forever Wars. They had enough. So has our region,” Araghchi wrote.
During the interview with CBS News’ program 60 Minutes, Trump claimed that the United States had won the war and said Tehran was interested in reaching an agreement.
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Separately, an Iranian provincial official said no vital infrastructure or public services were damaged during a reported US attack on Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz.
The official told the semi-official Fars news agency on Monday that the targeted sites were located away from residential and commercial areas. Iranian state media had reported explosions on the island late Sunday, although the circumstances and extent of the reported attack remained unclear.
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Meanwhile, an unnamed IRGC Navy official told Iranian state media that navigational aid systems in the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz had been destroyed. The official also claimed that no unauthorised vessels had transited the maritime route overnight.
