Araghchi says US spent $11 billion on missile defence for Israel over three years

Single source · 2026-10-23 05:00 UTC

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says in a post on X that the US-Israel relationship is 'parasitic' and that the US has spent $11 billion over three years on missile defence for Israel, firing more interceptors for Israel than Israel itself has. Middle East Eye, Tasnim News and a Middle East roundup on X relay the same statement; the $11 billion figure comes from Araghchi's own account.

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• Tasnim News (Telegram), 2026-10-23 05:50 UTC
• @ME_Observer_ (X), 2026-10-23 06:01 UTC
• Middle East Eye, 2026-10-23 06:36 UTC
• Middle East Eye, 2026-10-23 06:36 UTC
• @ME_Observer_ (X), 2026-10-23 07:01 UTC

First reported 2026-10-23 05:50 UTC; last updated 2026-10-23 08:44 UTC.

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