“US officials blame Iran for rising fuel prices, as if the public’s memory is short enough to forget who actually initiated the war of aggression, and whose actions created the crisis that led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the disruption of commercial shipping,” Baqaei wrote on his X account on Tuesday.

“This isn’t a new trick, though. In 1939, Hitler similarly framed his invasion of Poland as a defensive action,” he added.

“When the instigator of an unlawful ‘war of choice’ blames the victim for the fallout, should this be viewed as ‘strategic brilliance’, or is it simply a textbook symptom of ‘The March of Folly?!’ he asked.