'We Seek To Liberate Iran': Netanyahu In Video Address To Iranians As IDF Bombs Tehran

Last Updated:March 09, 2026, 00:00 IST

Israeli PM urged Iranians via video on X to free Iran from tyranny, hoping for future peace with Israel. He said, "We do not seek to divide Iran" but to liberate it.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday shared a video message on X saying Israel wants to liberate Iran.

In the video post, the PM said the “moment of truth" is approaching in Iran and urged the Iranian people to liberate the country from tyranny.

Addressing the Iranians, he said: “I have been speaking to you and for you for decades. The moment of truth is approaching. We do not seek to divide Iran; we seek to liberate Iran, to free it from the burden of tyranny and to live with it in peace. But at the end of the day, the liberation from tyranny will depend on you — the brave and long-suffering Iranian people."

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Calling for the Iranians to join the protest against the regime, Netanyahu said, “I believe if you stand up at the moment of truth, the day will not be far off when Israel and Iran return to being brave friends."

He further said that the joint waving of flags in Western capitals, the Iranian ‘Lion and Sun’ flag and the Israeli ‘Star of David’ flag and dances and warm embraces between exiled Iranians and Jews “gives immense hope for the future".

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Earlier in the day, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi rejected calls for ceasefire while accusing the US and Israel of breaking the deal reached to end last year’s 12-day war.

In an interview with NBC News, Araghchi said the US and Israel had already shattered the ceasefire reached to end last year’s 12-day war, adding, “And now you want to ask for a ceasefire again? This doesn’t work like this."

“There needs to be a permanent end to the war," he said. “Unless we get to that, I think we need to continue fighting for the sake of our people and our security."

He further claimed that the US and Israel “are killing our people, they are killing girl students, you know, they are attacking hospitals".

He referred to the incident that occurred in Minab, in southern Iran, during the first day of US and Israeli attacks on the country.

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