️🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iranian Spokes FM Esmaeil Baghaei accused Washington of raising oil prices by making the Strait of Hormuz and international shipping unsafe, arguing that Iran is protecting its national security interests.
"The very reason why oil prices went up is, in fact, the Americans themselves - because they made the Strait of Hormuz unsafe, because they made international shipping unsafe."
Bakai also pointed to the seizure of American ships, recalling that the US president described the conduct as similar to that of "pirates". He rejected claims that the atrocities in Minab were fabricated using artificial intelligence or images, calling such accusations baseless.