Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused Israel of “pursuing expansionist policies” in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria, in an opinion piece published Sunday by the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat.
The Iranian official urged international bodies to prosecute Israeli leaders and said the upcoming extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah must go “beyond issuing statements and words of condemnation.”
“The illusion of Greater Israel is an existential danger and a threat to international peace and security,” Araghchi wrote.
The Extraordinary Meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers in Saudi Arabia on Monday was convened at Iran’s request.
Araghchi’s remarks came as Lebanon’s LBCI reported on June 30 that Syria had made progress in talks to normalize relations with Israel.
Araghchi also warned OIC states against reliance on initiatives like the Abraham Accords.
“Any doubt, weakness, or illusion based on trust in deceptive promises such as the Abraham Accords will lead to great harm for the Islamic nation,” he wrote.
US President Donald Trump on August 8 said Iran’s nuclear arsenal had been “totally obliterated” and called on Middle Eastern nations to join the Abraham Accords, framing the strikes as a pathway to regional peace.
“Now that the nuclear arsenal being ‘created’ by Iran has been totally OBLITERATED, it is very important to me that all Middle Eastern Countries join the Abraham Accords,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “This will ensure PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.”