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Larijani: 12-day war was US-Israeli plot, Iran emerged victorious

Iran Press TV

Wednesday, 26 November 2025 11:12 AM

Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani says the 12-day war against the Islamic republic in June was a "plot" hatched by the United States and Israel years ago, stressing that Iran emerged victorious while the occupying entity is now grappling with severe internal disorder and decline.

Larijani made the remarks during a meeting with a group of heads of Pakistan's top think tanks and experts in the field of regional and international peace and security at a ceremony held at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Wednesday.

"This war was the result of an American-Israeli plot that had been designed years ago. [US President Donald] Trump also recently declared that since 2003 they had been working on a plan to attack Iran's nuclear facilities with their aircraft," Larijani said, adding, "The power of God, however, prevented this assault."

"It was the will of the Iranian nation that revealed itself in this war. The Israeli regime, which thought it would defeat Iran, became completely frustrated," Larijani added.

Referring to the current situation of the Zionist regime, he stressed that the Zionist regime is facing internal disorder and a crisis rooted in its illegitimate existence.

"This regime is now facing reputational erosion and has never had such a challenge at the international level. The Zionists have fallen into a kind of internal disorder, and the statistics also show that an existential disorder for them lies ahead. Their posture of power in the region was never deep," Larijani emphasized.

He also stressed that the determination of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and the will of the Iranian nation triumphed over the enemy's weapons and aggression in the recent war.

"The civilizational background of the Iranian nation is the secret of our heroic struggle and victory. Iran has been, is, and will continue to exist for thousands of years. It was the foolish idea of the aggressive enemy to imagine that it could break Iran with war," Larijani added.

At the beginning of the meeting, Iran's security chief conveyed the greetings of Iran's Leader to the people of Pakistan.

"A nation that, in the recent oppressive war of the Zionist regime against Iran, responsibly supported Iran showed that it enjoys a firm line of thought," Larijani added, expressing gratitude to the government, parliament, and armed forces of Pakistan.

He also stressed that Pakistan's "justice-seeking stance" was of great help to the Islamic Republic during Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s "and the recent 12-day war also carried various lessons."

"The basis of our cooperation with Pakistan in the past and present is cultural affinity, and in the political sphere we also share intellectual unity. We consider Pakistan a friendly, supportive, neighboring, and culturally kindred country, and the Persian language is one of the factors bringing the two nations closer," Larijani stressed.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Iran's security chief said the US is trying to present itself as the focal point of every transformation in the world.

"This is a kind of self-deception. We accept real negotiations, not sham negotiations. Negotiations must have real foundations and their results must not be announced beforehand. The Islamic Republic of Iran does not insist" to hold talks with Washington, he said.