Netanyahu Tells Putin Israel Won’t Attack Tehran, Iran Defense Council Warns Of Red Lines

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes in Gaza, told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Tel Aviv does not intend to attack Tehran, according to the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation revealed Monday.

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The broadcaster said the message arrived at a sensitive time when regional escalation intersects with internal tensions in Iran, prompting Tel Aviv to try to lower Iranian anxiety through a Russian channel.

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So far, Tehran has not issued any official public response to the message, while authorities maintain a public line that places the United States and Israel responsible for any potential escalation in the region and stress readiness to defend the country.

In parallel, the Secretariat of the Iranian Defense Council condemned rising language of threats and interventionist statements against Iran, saying Iran’s security, independence, and territorial integrity are a red line that cannot be crossed.

The Secretariat added that tangible indicators of threat are part of the security equation and that any aggression or continued hostile conduct will meet a firm response.

Iranian international security researcher Arif Dehghandar said strategic analysis of the messages requires attention to Israel’s military doctrine resting on the principle of surprise, citing that the so-called 12-Day War showed Tel Aviv often takes military steps in an atmosphere of apparent media calm.

He said the credibility of such messages remains highly questionable compared with on-the-ground facts, pointing to reports in the past week describing changes in the deployments of the United States Central Command that contradict the diplomatic messages relayed from Moscow.

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Dehghandar added that Tehran’s decision-makers have learned that Iran’s security under strategic isolation rests on self-reliance and cannot be tied to messages conveyed through Russia or any third party.

Former IRGC commander Hussein Kanani-Moghadam said this is the second time Netanyahu sent a message to Putin indicating Tel Aviv does not intend to attack Iran, and he told Al Jazeera that the first message was met with an Iranian deterrent response.

Kanani-Moghadam said that if Iran had indicators 24 or 48 hours in advance that Israel was preparing to attack or that Washington intended to carry out a preemptive operation, Iran would respond by targeting Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Israeli military centers using about 2,000 hypersonic missiles, in addition to drones and ballistic missiles.

The Secretariat of the Iranian Defense Council warned that escalation of threat and interference language beyond verbal positions can be understood as hostile behavior, and said continuing on this path would lead to an appropriate, decisive and firm response.

“Tehran — The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation revealed yesterday, Monday, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes in Gaza, turned to Russian President Vladimir Putin to convey a message of reassurance to Iran, stating that Tel Aviv does not intend to attack Tehran, out of fear that Tehran would launch a preemptive strike amid protests sweeping Iranian cities”

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It stressed that the actors behind this approach would fully bear responsibility for its consequences, while Tehran’s official stance remains governed by careful, measured silence awaiting what field and political developments reveal.

In a separate account, فرارو framed The Guardian’s view that the continuation of the Ukraine war, the Gaza crisis, and the war with Iran has worn down Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Vladimir Putin, with the world potentially entering a different era after them.

EconomiNews, citing ISNA, reported Donald Trump saying, "We occupied Venezuela. We basically occupied Iran," and claimed, "To date we have lost 13 people" in the war against Iran.

The same EconomiNews item also quoted Trump saying, "I am in no hurry on this," about the Iran war, while خبرپو repeated an Axios claim that Trump told Netanyahu on Thursday evening he expects to finalize a deal with Iran within the next few days and emphasized "the time has come to end this war...".