Iran will deliver an immediate and ​powerful response to any threat ‌against its people or leadership, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said ​in an X post ​on Wednesday.

“POTUS has committed the ⁠US to muzzling its pets ​in Tel Aviv. If they ​ignore their master, Iran will school them,” Araghchi said.

US and Iran held technical talks in Doha ​on Wednesday as they seek to agree ‌on the flow of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and secure a lasting ceasefire, ​a source ​with ⁠direct knowledge of the talks and an Iranian ​official said.

Araghchi’s X post ​was ⁠attached to comments made by Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz ⁠stating ​that Iran’s supreme ​leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was “marked for death.”