“This is not a rant by a random genocidal lunatic. It’s a public post by the national security minister of the Israeli regime,” Araghchi wrote on his X account on Friday.

“The genocidal death cult headquartered in Tel Aviv is a threat to all of humanity. It threatens all humans. Its only interest is permanent war,” he added.

The Israeli Internal Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir had used an extremely harsh and provocative phrases such as “for every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers should mourn and weep” and “all of Lebanon must burn”. He had also spoken of collective punishment and inflicting widespread suffering on Lebanese civilians.

In his X message, he openly rejected any diplomatic process that would lead to peace and stability in the Middle East, while advocating for actions based on slaughter and endless killing.