Iran says US remarks signal intent to commit war crimes

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei said that remarks by US Senator Marco Rubio amount to an admission of Washington's intent to commit war crimes, adding that threats of new attacks against the Iranian people demonstrate the US administration's failure to learn from its past mistakes and experiences.

Baghaei responded in a post on X today to recent threatening statements by US officials, describing Rubio's phrase that "they will eat the food last" as an explicit and direct threat to starve the Iranian people.

The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman stressed that these statements further confirm the US approach toward committing war crimes and continuing the aggressive and economically coercive policies Washington has pursued in its previous wars.

Baghaei concluded his post by noting that the United States, after decades of pursuing policies of threats, sanctions, and aggression, continues to repeat the same mistakes under new methods and names. He described this approach as an embodiment of the "March of Folly" concept introduced by historian Barbara Tuchman, where governments persist in disastrous paths despite previous failures, leading them to continually repeat the same errors.

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