Iran FM warns Trump against Israeli push to drag US into war on its behalf
Published: January 15, 2026
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has issued a warning to US President Donald Trump, urging him to resist long-standing Israeli efforts to manipulate the United States into direct military conflict with Iran.
In an X post on Wednesday, Araghchi highlighted a historic pattern of behavior by the Zionist regime, which has consistently sought to achieve its regional objectives through American blood.
Araghchi noted a shift in the transparency of these efforts, saying that while Israel has “always sought to drag the US into fighting wars on its behalf,” the regime is now “saying the quiet part out loud.”
The minister pointed to recent admissions by Israeli figures regarding the orchestration of internal instability within Iran.
He specifically cited reports that the Israeli regime has played a direct role in militarizing riots, leading to significant loss of life.
“With blood on our streets, Israel is explicitly gloating about having ‘armed protesters with live weapons’ and [claiming] ‘this is the reason for the hundreds of dead,'” Araghchi said.
He was specifically referring to a Tuesday tweet by senior Israeli journalist Tamir Morag, in which he suggested that Israel and the US have been arming the rioters.
“We reported tonight on [Israel’s] Channel 14: foreign actors are arming the protesters in Iran with live firearms, which is the reason for the hundreds of regime personnel killed.”
The minister said these admissions expose the true source of the violence that has recently affected Iran. The minister said the violence was not a domestic movement, but a calculated external operation designed to provoke a wider escalation.
“President Trump should now know exactly where to go to stop killings,” Araghchi said.
Some Iranian cities have been the scene of foreign-backed rioting over the past few days, damaging public property and leaving a number of policemen, Basij volunteer forces, and civilians dead.
Iran’s police officials say they have shown maximum restraint towards the rioting and tried hard to separate ordinary people concerned with the rising cost of living from rioters and terrorists attacking security forces.
Trump has, over the past days, repeatedly threatened to attack Iran if, as he put it, the country kills what he has termed “peaceful protesters.”
The commander of the Aerospace Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Majid Mousavi, said on Wednesday that the force has achieved the highest level of its defensive preparedness and stands ready to crush any aggression against Iran.