Iran accuses us of threatening the population with starvation and denounces the intention to commit war crimes.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Email Bagai accused Washington of using the famine as a tool to pressure the Iranian population.
The statement came after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that Tehran would eventually give in to Washington's demands because "at the end of the day, you have to eat."
According to Bakai, Rubio's words represent an admission of American intent to commit war crimes. The diplomat also condemned decades of threats, sanctions, terrorism and aggression against Iran, stating that the United States continues to make the same mistakes.