What an Iranian official announced that the country’s security services “thwarted a major Israeli conspiracy” against the Foreign Minister Abbas Araqji A few days ago in the capital, Tehran, questions about the connotations and repercussions on the path of war and negotiation.
According to the first researcher at the Al -Jazeera Center for Studies, Fatima Al -Smadi, Araqji has a great negotiating experience, as it is one of those who have been accomplished The nuclear agreement in 2015 (The American President withdrew from him Donald Trump In his first term), he also adheres to Iran to enrich uranium.
Al -Smadi explained – to Al -Jazeera – that Araqji is one of the sons Iranian Revolutionary GuardAnd he has great confidence in the guide Ali KhameneiNoting that “an important name in Iranian diplomacy, and the military and higher leaders in Iran.”
Araqji – known as the former negotiator – was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in the President’s government Masoud BouchakianWho won early presidential elections in July 2024.
Al -Smadi expressed her conviction that the attempt to assassinate Araqji “is a blow to Iranian diplomacy, as he is leading the defense of his country’s interests at the negotiating table.”
It also falls in the context of hitting the negotiating operation in the future, in addition to an attempt to strip Khamenei of his military and political men, according to the researcher al -Samadi.
Remarkable timing
In turn, the director of the Al -Jazeera office in Tehran, Abdul Qadir Fayez, described the Iranian advertisement and his remarkable, as it comes hours before an Iraqi meeting with foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain to hold nuclear talks today, Friday, in Geneva.
According to Fayez, the terms used in the Iranian advertisement indicate that “a team on the ground deals with Mossad The Israeli, “performed” tracking “to put Aragi” outside the equation. “
The announcement of the Iranian official did not clarify the date of “the conspiracy against the foreign minister, and whether it was an assassination or kidnapping” – according to Fayez – who suggested that the incident took place during the time of wartime.
Fayez expressed his conviction that the absence of Araqji changes what negotiation is, and may lead to replacing new determinants with Tehran’s red lines on nuclear negotiations.
On Thursday, Araqji said that the Iranian armed forces “will continue to destroy the criminals who target our people until they stop and pay the price of their aggression”, calling on the Israelis to adhere to the evacuation orders issued by Iran and avoid staying near military and intelligence sites.
For his part, Thomas Warrick, a former US State Department official, suggested that Washington doubt the Iranian novel on Araqji, especially in light of what he called “Iranian hesitating to hold a meeting between the Foreign Minister and US officials.”
Warric did not rule out the possibility of looking at other evidence, “it may indicate a different possibility of a novel Iran By trying to assassinate her foreign minister. “
In the event that the Iranian novel is correct, Trump will feel angry, as he wants to reach a diplomatic solution to end the current war, indicating in this regard to the new deadline granted to Iran, stressing at the same time that Araqji is essential in the negotiating process.
Warrick expressed his conviction that Trump will speak – in this case in a high tone of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu -What is required forFor the International Criminal Court– Its content is that this process “is not in interest Israel And the United States. “
In the middle of this month, Saeed Khatib Zadeh, the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister, announced the exposure of one of the ministry’s buildings in Tehran to an Israeli bombing, which resulted in the injury of a number of civilians, including Iranian diplomats.
Zadeh described the bombing as “a deliberate and brutal attack by the criminal Israeli regime.”
Israel, with June 13, with American support, began a large -scale attack on Iran by bombing residential buildings, nuclear facilities, missile bases, and the assassination of prominent military leaders and nuclear scientists.