Baghaei: ‘Crude’ US propaganda reveals ‘naivety’ behind ‘unlawful war of choice’ against Iran
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says “crude” US propaganda has exposed the “naivety” behind Washington’s “unlawful war of choice” against the Iranian nation.
In a post on his X account on Friday, Baghaei referred to “theatrical” US restrictions on the Iranian delegation ahead of next week’s United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Washington has reportedly approved visas for President Masoud Pezeshkian, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and other members of Iran’s core delegation, but said they would face travel restrictions and bans on purchasing goods and wholesale club memberships while in the United States.
Baghaei said Washington still appears to assume that nations have neither “memory” nor the “capacity for critical thought.”
Washington still seems to assume that nations have neither memory nor the capacity for critical thought. It treats the world as if it were *Pluribus*: a hive in which minds are expected to switch off, eyes lock onto Washington’s lips, and its narrative is swallowed whole.
— Esmaeil Baqaei (@IRIMFA_SPOX) September 18, 2026
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He said that the United States treats the world as though it would simply accept Washington’s narrative without question.
“It treats the world as if it were Pluribus: a hive in which minds are expected to switch off, eyes lock onto Washington’s lips, and its narrative is swallowed whole,” he added.
Baghaei drew a contrast between US sanctions and recent measures targeting Iranian officials, saying Washington has waged a “brutal economic war” deliberately designed to inflict maximum pressure and suffering on ordinary Iranians.
He contrasted this with the “theatrical” announcement of measures aimed at stopping Iranian officials from supposedly shopping at a US wholesale club.
Baghaei said the United States ignores the impact of sanctions on the livelihoods of ordinary Iranians while drawing attention to restrictions of far less significance.
“They look past the sanctioning of an entire nation’s livelihood, then issue solemn statements about the sanctioning of a store membership card,” Baghaei wrote.
“The propaganda is so crude and threadbare that it exposes the naivety of the mindset that launched an unlawful war of choice against the Nation of Iran, and helped deliver the United States to the embarrassing position it occupies today,” he added.
On August 24, the United States unveiled the new wave of illegal sanctions against Iran under the so-called “Operation Economic Outcast,” threatening secondary penalties against any country or entity maintaining trade ties with Tehran in a failed attempt to achieve through economic coercion what its military aggression could not.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the new "economic terrorism" campaign, absurdly comparing it to the D-Day Normandy landings of World War II.
Bessent said the measures target Iran’s financial networks worldwide and warned that no partner is beyond Washington’s reach.
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