The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Ismail Baghaei, responded to the threats issued by American officials against the citizens of Iran, describing them as "audacious" aiming to inflict famine upon the people.
He considered that this approach reflects a state of "foolishness" characteristic of the American leadership in repeating its historical mistakes.
The Iranian news agency "Tasnim" quoted Baghaei saying that the statement by the American Secretary of State, who suggested that "they (Iranians) will ultimately have to eat," represents an audacious and clear threat to impose famine on the Iranians.
Baghaei added that these statements are merely a new acknowledgment of the United States' intention to commit war crimes, in direct continuation of its notorious record of crimes during its previous aggressive wars and the ongoing economic terrorism it practices against nations.
Baghaei continued that the United States, after decades of practicing policies of threats, sanctions, terrorism, and aggression, still remains in place, repeating the same mistakes, with no fundamental changes, merely "recycling" them and presenting them under new names and slogans each time.
In his analysis of this American approach, the spokesperson referenced Barbara Tuchman's book "The March of Folly," considering that American policy provides a clear and vivid example of what the author described as "the folly of governments."
He clarified that the American administration insists on embarking on a catastrophic doomed path, failing to learn from its successive failures, with each failure pushing it toward further stubbornness and insistence on continuing its mistakes, rather than reviewing and correcting its course.