Iran’s foreign minister says he narrowly escaped Israeli strike

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has revealed he narrowly escaped an Israeli strike that hit a compound where senior Iranian officials were gathered on the opening morning of the war, offering one of the clearest glimpses yet into the chaos that engulfed Tehran’s leadership. “Suddenly, there was an attack,” he recalled, describing how security guards grabbed him and rushed him from the compound as explosions tore through the building.

Describing the aftermath, Araghchi said officials escaped through collapsed beams and debris while “everything was in a state of ruin.” He acknowledged that Israel’s intelligence capabilities may have gone far beyond surveillance technology, saying the accuracy of the strike at exactly the right time “can no longer be attributed to technology” alone. “I really don’t know what to make of it,” he admitted, adding that Iranian security services are investigating possible human infiltration inside the regime.

Araghchi also disclosed that Iran activated emergency wartime protocols, abandoned government offices for alternative locations and relied on underground tunnels for protection. “Except for the tunnel, there was nowhere safe,” he said, while revealing he personally called Iraqi and Turkish leaders to ensure no additional fronts were opened against Iran during the conflict