TEHRAN (Dunya News) - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei has accused the United States of admitting to war crimes after the US Secretary of State allegedly threatened to starve the Iranian people through a blockade.
In a statement posted on X, Baqaei said Washington was unwilling to learn from its past failures, claiming that the war against Iran had been a major factor behind the US electoral defeat.
He added that the American administration was promoting a narrative of victory to conceal its military and political failures.
Baqaei said the United States had imposed extensive economic sanctions on Iran and unilaterally withdrawn from the nuclear agreement.
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He also cited the 1953 overthrow of Iran’s government, which he said was orchestrated with CIA support, and accused Washington of attacking Iran twice in less than nine months.
According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, the United States launched military operations against Iran while diplomatic negotiations were underway.
He further alleged that American strikes targeted Iran’s Supreme Leader and senior officials, while women and children were also killed or injured.
Baqaei also accused Washington of destroying critical Iranian infrastructure and assassinating former Iranian military commander General Qassem Soleimani.
He said the United States bore responsibility for what he described as a long history of hostility and military aggression against Iran.