Iran escalated its rhetoric on Saturday ahead of the emergency Arab-Islamic summit scheduled to be held in Doha, warning leaders of these countries that Israel may target them in the future.Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, sent a message to the leaders ahead of the emergency summit set for Monday in Qatar in response to the Israeli attack on Doha.
Posting on his official account on the platform “X,” Larijani stated:
> “Holding a conference for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation filled with speeches but no practical outcomes—similar to what happens in UN Security Council meetings—amounts to issuing a new order for aggression in favor of the Zionist entity.”
In his post, Larijani called on the emergency Arab-Islamic summit in Doha, which will include leaders from Arab and Islamic nations, to establish a “joint operations room” to counter what he described as the “madness of the Zionist entity,” at the very least.
He added that such a decision alone would be enough to unsettle the masters of this entity and push them to quickly change its orders under the pretext of global peace and a Nobel Prize.
The senior Iranian official also sharply criticized the leaders of Islamic countries participating in the summit, saying:
> “Since you have done nothing for the hungry and oppressed Muslims in Palestine, at least make a modest decision to avoid your own annihilation.”
Larijani’s message comes amid heightened regional tensions following an Israeli airstrike last Tuesday on a residential compound in Doha, targeting senior members of Hamas’s political bureau. The attack killed at least six people, including Qatari security personnel.
The Israeli military described the strike as “Operation Summit Fire,” claiming it targeted “terrorists.” However, it drew widespread international condemnation as a violation of Qatar’s sovereignty. Qatar has played a key role as a mediator in ceasefire negotiations in Gaza.
An emergency Arab-Islamic summit is scheduled to take place in Doha on Sunday and Monday, initiated by Qatar in response to the attack. The summit is expected to discuss a draft joint statement addressing the Israeli aggression, with broad participation anticipated from Arab and Islamic leaders—including Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.