Iran FM Baghaei Slams Hegseth Over 9/11 Remarks On Iran War

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei launched a fierce rebuke against Washington, accusing the US government of attempting to justify "a reckless and unlawful war agains Iran" by invoking the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 World Trade Centre attacks Reacting to comments made by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth during a 9/11 observance ceremony, Baghaei denounced what he termed fundamental contradictions in American foreign policy, questioning



Washington's "exclusive authority" over defining terrorism and the legitimacy of violence.

The narrative advanced by the US Secretary of War on the anniversary of 9/is riddled with fundamental contradictions, you cannot wage aggression, carry out cowardly assassinations, and inflict civilian casualties while simultaneously claiming exclusive authority to define terrorism and determine whose violence is legitimate," Baghaei stated in a post on X.