Iran once again warns any US, Israeli attack on nuclear facilities would cause major disaster for Mideast

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi warned that any “crazy” Israeli or American attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities will spell a "very bad disaster" for the entire region.

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Date: 28 January 2025 - 15:41

TABNAK, Jan 28: In an interview with Sky News in the Iranian capital, Araqchi said "any attack to our nuclear facilities would be faced with an immediate and decisive response.”

“But I don't think they will do that crazy thing. This is really crazy. And this would turn the whole region into a very bad disaster," he warned.

In 2015, Iran proved the peaceful nature of its nuclear program to the world by signing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with six world powers.

However, the US’s unilateral withdrawal in 2018 and its subsequent re-imposition of sanctions against Tehran during Donald Trump’s first term in office left the future of the deal in limbo.

In 2019, Iran started to roll back the limits it had accepted under the JCPOA after the other parties failed to live up to their commitments.

Trump has recently hinted he would prefer a new deal with Iran, saying it would be "nice".

Araghchi said although he was prepared to listen to Trump, but it would take a lot more than that for Iran to be convinced it should begin negotiations with the US towards another deal, given Washington's withdrawal from the 2015 agreement.

"The situation is different and much more difficult than the previous time," he said, adding, "Lots of things should be done by the other side to buy our confidence… We haven't heard anything but the 'nice' word, and this is obviously not enough."

'Instead of Palestinians, send Israelis to Greenland'

Elsewhere in his remarks, the foreign minister commented on Trump’s proposal that Gaza could be “cleaned out” and that Palestinians could be moved to Egypt and Jordan.

Araqchi mocked the US president over the suggestion, proposing instead that Israelis be sent to Greenland.

"My suggestion is something else. Instead of Palestinians, try to expel Israelis, take them to Greenland so they can kill two birds with one stone," he said, amid Trump’s repeated calls for acquiring the autonomous Danish territory.

Almost all of the Gaza Strip's 2.4 million inhabitants have been internally displaced by the genocidal war Israel waged on the impoverished territory on October 7, 2023. The war claimed the lives of at least 47,306 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

The occupying regime accepted a ceasefire earlier this month after having failed to realize any of its wartime objectives, including freeing the captives, “eliminating” the Gaza resistance, and causing forced displacement of Gaza’s entire population to neighboring Egypt.

Palestinians, Lebanese 'rebuilding themselves' after Israeli aggression

Araqchi stressed that the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance movements are “rebuilding themselves” after the Israeli aggression.

"Hamas and Hezbollah have been damaged. But at the same time, they are rebuilding themselves, because as I said, this is a school of thought, this is an idea, this is a cause, this is an ideal that will always be there."

Hezbollah opened a support front for Palestinians in Gaza only a day after the Israeli regime unleashed its genocidal war against the besieged territory, launching numerous retaliatory attacks against Israeli targets in the occupied territories.

Last November, Israel was forced to accept a ceasefire with Hezbollah after suffering heavy losses following more than 14 months of fighting and failing to achieve its goals in its aggression on Lebanon.