Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has dismissed reports of mass casualties during recent protests in Iran, claiming the death toll is in the hundreds rather than thousands. In a televised interview, Araghchi attributed the violence to what he described as an 'Israeli plot' involving terrorist elements seeking to provoke foreign intervention. He asserted that these actors targeted both civilians and police to escalate the situation and draw the United States into the conflict. Despite widespread unrest and economic turmoil, Araghchi insisted that order has been restored and denied any plans for executions of protesters, countering eyewitness accounts of government violence.