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Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has sharply criticized comments by former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi calling for intensified economic pressure on Iran.

In remarks posted on X on Saturday, Baghaei wrote, “Nancy Pelosi calls on the US administration to ‘cripple’ Iran’s economy so ordinary Iranians—even in rural areas—‘feel the pain.’”

“Deliberately inflicting pain & suffering on civilians for political leverage is the textbook definition of terrorism,” he added, noting, “Only an evil & arrogant mindset can feel entitled to prescribe policies built on civilians' suffering in another country.”

“Legally speaking, this is further evidence of a deliberate & systematic US policy of exacting pain and cruelty on populations it disfavors. Such conduct amounts to ‘crime against humanity.’”

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[-] Uruanna@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Apparently this is coming from a Politico interview on feb. 13 in the Munich conference where she said "just weaken their economy, because they do have support in rural areas, make them feel the pain as well" (I'm only finding videos on Facebook and Instagram for the moment) and she was saying this in the context of stopping military actions, so there's some twisting of words going on.

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