Washington’s sanctions and naval blockade amount to war crimes, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has accused the US of threatening to starve his country’s population through sanctions and a naval blockade.

Speaking after a G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Paris on Tuesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the “economic pain” inflicted on Tehran as “extraordinary,” warning that the impact of the restrictions would intensify over time.

He argued that mounting hardship could force Tehran’s leadership to make concessions, as “eventually you have to eat.”

“This is yet another…

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