FM Araghchi: Resistance of Iranians has enraged the enemy

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the steadfast resistance of the Iranian people in the face of war and sanctions has angered the country’s enemies, particularly the Israeli regime.

Speaking to the national television late on Thursday, the minister denounced Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s effort to undermine the unity inside Iran by tapping into energy imbalances, noting that Iran’s adversaries have underestimated the resolve of its people.

“There is a famous saying that God created our enemies foolish,” he said. “Resorting to outdated, repetitive tactics simply does not work… They thought they could drive our people off the field during the war, but instead our people stood firmly behind their country and their establishment,” he noted, referring to the 12-day US-Israeli aggression against Iran in June.

Araghchi did not dismiss that Iran faces imbalances in its energy sector, attributing much of that to sanctions. “They have imposed sanctions and tied our hands and feet,” he said. “But our resistance against these sanctions has made them extremely angry—just as we resisted in the war.”

He dismissed Netanyahu’s recent claims about Iran’s water supply as “more likely to make people laugh.”

Netanyahu had claimed he could turn sewage into drinking water for Iranians – something officials in Tehran have dismissed hypocritical and misleading, pointing to the situation in the besieged Gaza Strip, where displaced Palestinians face extreme difficulty in accessing potable water.