In a post on his X account on Sunday, Baghaei said the reckless warmongering of the US and Israel is the root cause of shattered promising diplomatic processes.
Through an unprovoked military aggression against Iran, he added, Washington and the Tel Aviv regime deliberately injected insecurity into vital energy routes and are now accusing Tehran of destabilization, to put into practice Goebbels’ infamous dictum: "Accuse others of what you yourself are doing."
“This is their familiar, cynical playbook: manufacture crisis and war, then escalate further under the noble banner of 'restoring stability' and 'defending peace,'” the Iranian spokesperson emphasized.
Baghaei then quoted Roman historian and politician Tacitus, who wrote in his book Agricola, “They create a desolation and call it peace."
The spokesman’s post comes amid heightened tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical maritime corridor through which a significant share of the world’s energy trade passes.
The criminal US-Israeli aggression against Iran began on February 28 with airstrikes that assassinated senior Iranian officials and commanders, including Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
Iranian Armed Forces responded by launching daily missile and drone operations targeting locations in the Israeli-occupied territories as well as US military bases and assets across the region.
Furthermore, Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz to the aggressors and their allies. Iranian authorities began enforcing much stricter controls following US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a blockade targeting Iranian vessels and ports last month.
Tehran says the measures violate the terms of a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire that took effect on April 8 and was later extended unilaterally by Washington.
Despite the blockade, shipping activity linked to Iranian crude appears to be continuing.
Press TV