Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a televised address on Monday in which he accused Iran of violating the multilateral nuclear agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), signed between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries in 2015.
The hawkish Israeli premier claimed that he had new "proof" via captured documents that Iran had developed a nuclear weapons plan, which could be activated at any time.
Ali Akbar Velayati, Ayatollah Khamenei's senior advisor on international affairs, told reporters on Tuesday that the reason behind Netanyahu’s recent remarks is that the Zionists have lost hope in being able to consolidate their control over the region.
“In fact, the [main] reason behind using these words is that the Zionist regime has lost its hope for survival [and] those who support the Zionist regime in the region have tried to distance themselves from these words due to their obscene nature,” Velayati said.
He added that when officials of the Zionist regime witnessed the victories of the Islamic Republic and its allies in the region while their own agents, including Daesh and al-Nusra Front, were being defeated, they resorted to such remarks.
“Among enemies of the Islamic Ummah and the resistance front, the Zionist regime’s prime minister is the least worthy of all,” Velayati emphasized.