In a post on his X account on Wednesday night, Araqchi addressed the troubling dichotomy in the international community's reaction to acts of violence, particularly focusing on the Israeli regime's tactics.
“Israel has no regard for the repercussions of the normalization of its heinous methods of terror. But the international community should not disregard that recklessness; as for every action there will inevitably and always be a reaction,” he said.
“Imagine an Iranian President coolly presenting a ‘kill list’ to a foreign ambassador: the US President, Congressional leaders, top Generals. And then declaring, without hesitation: ‘We will eliminate them, one by one’. Within hours, the world would erupt. Emergency UN Security Council sessions. Relentless media hysteria. Sanctions, threats, perhaps even war—wrapped neatly in the language of ‘international law’ and defending the ‘global order’,” Araqchi added.
“But when it comes to Israel, the usual rules of the game do not seem to apply. The very same guardians of ‘law and order’ fall silent, equivocate, or worse, supply the weapons and the cover,” the Iranian foreign minister stated.
“What is unfolding before our eyes is not hypocrisy. Hypocrisy implies shame. This is something colder: a calculated moral collapse—where rules exist only for adversaries, and impunity is reserved for allies,” he added.
“As always, Israel leads the way in dragging its US partner into an ever deeper moral and political abyss. Israel has no regard for the repercussions of the normalization of its heinous methods of terror. But the international community should not disregard that recklessness; as for every action there will inevitably and always be a reaction,” Araqchi warned.
The US and the Israeli regime launched a large-scale unprovoked military campaign against Iran following the assassination of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, along with several senior military commanders and civilians on February 28.
The attacks have involved extensive aerial strikes on both military and civilian locations across Iran, causing significant casualties and widespread damage to infrastructure.
In response, the Iranian Armed Forces have carried out retaliatory operations, targeting American and Israeli positions in the occupied territories and at regional bases with waves of missiles and drones.