10 hours ago
- Politics
- Egypt Independent
Iran claims foiled assassination plot against Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi
Mohammad Hossein Ranjbaran, an advisor to Iran's Foreign Minister, announced that his country successfully thwarted a significant conspiracy, allegedly orchestrated by the 'Zionist entity,' to assassinate Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in the capital, Tehran.
He affirmed that the plot was foiled thanks to precise security measures implemented by Iranian intelligence operatives.
Tasnim news agency reported that Ranjbaran posted on 'X' (formerly Twitter) that discussions about the Foreign Minister's visit to Geneva for negotiations with the European Troika had sparked widespread concern over the possibility of him being targeted by Israel, indicating the threat was both real and serious.
He further added that Araqchi views himself not merely as a diplomatic official, but as a soldier serving his homeland, striving for martyrdom in the footsteps of Martyr Qassem Soleimani.
Ranjbaran asserted that without the meticulous security precautions undertaken by 'unknown soldiers' (a common Iranian term for intelligence operatives), the conspiracy likely would have been executed in recent days, but it ultimately failed.
