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Baghaei: US blaming Iran for fuel price hikes is an attempt to evade responsibility
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei said the US is blaming Iran for unprecedented fuel price hikes in an attempt to evade responsibility for the consequences of its military aggression against Iran. In a post on X he said US officials were seeking to shift the blame for a crisis that disrupted commercial shipping and closed the Strait of Hormuz.
  U.S. officials blame Iran for rising fuel prices, as if the public's memory is short enough to forget who actually initiated the war of aggression, and whose actions created the crisis that led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the disruption of commercial shipping.… — Esmaeil Baqaei (@IRIMFA_SPOX) September 22, 2026
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