Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Wednesday that the US-Iran memorandum of understanding obligates the US to “muzzle its pets in Tel Aviv” and prevent Israel from militarily threatening Iran, in response to remarks by Defense Minister Israel Katz.

“The terms of the Islamabad MoU are crystal clear and public for all to see. POTUS has committed the US to muzzling its pets in Tel Aviv,” Araghchi warned in a post on X.

“If they ignore their master, Iran will school them. Any threat against our People and Leadership will receive Immediate Powerful Response,” the top Iranian envoy wrote.

The comments came in response to remarks Katz made in a briefing with Israeli military reporters on Monday, in which he warned that Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was “marked for death,” and that while Tehran was attempting to “extract concessions” in its talks with Washington, Israel “will not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. If an agreement achieves that, all the better.”

While the MOU declared that the US, Iran, “and their allies” would cease hostilities “on all fronts,” Israeli officials have stressed that Jerusalem is not a signatory to the agreement and have vowed to continue to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, even as Washington stresses its pursuit of a “regional ceasefire” and its preference for a diplomatic solution to the conflict.

Meanwhile, as the US and Iran were set to hold a new round of indirect talks in Doha, two Iranian sources said Tehran was determined to win international recognition of its control over the Strait of Hormuz and ability to levy fees on ships entering or leaving the Gulf even if it has to do so by force.

Under the interim deal agreed with the US earlier this month, Iran agreed to let ships pass through the Strait for 60 days without charge. But it believes the wording of the agreement allows it to keep control of which ships may pass and which route they take through the narrow waterway, the sources said.

It is also determined to secure lasting formal acceptance of this........

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