In a post on his X account, Araqchi pointed to a 44-point dossier published by the White House in March 2026, which analysts confirmed was lifted verbatim from a report by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a group founded to "enhance Israel’s image in North America."

In a scathing response to analyst Stephen McIntyre, Araqchi dismantled Washington’s March 2, 2026 statement, "The Iranian Regime’s Decades of Terrorism Against American Citizens," exposing it as a plagiarized dossier originally compiled by a former AIPAC operative for an Israel-advocacy group.

Araqchi condemned a deliberate deception by the US government, writing, “There is a term for this in political science. It is called ‘state capture,’ and it is exactly what the American people voted to end.”

His remarks came in response to a thread by researcher Stephen McIntyre, who revealed that the White House’s 44-point list of Iranian "terrorist" incidents—citing 992 US deaths—was copied almost word-for-word from a June 19, 2025 report by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a think tank founded to "enhance Israel’s image in North America" and originally named "EMET" (Hebrew for "truth").

The FDD report, authored by Tzvi Kahn, a former AIPAC employee, was published just two days before the first US airstrikes on Iran on June 21, 2025.

McIntyre’s investigation found that not a single claim in the White House statement was sourced from US intelligence—unlike past controversies such as the Iraq War or Russiagate allegations.

Instead, the list was directly plagiarized, with only minor tweaks—each designed to amplify accusations against Iran.