Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has said remarks by US officials regarding the Strait of Hormuz have been contradictory, in a sign of “desperation and helplessness”, Al Jazeera reports.
“We should not be influenced by the other side’s tweets,” the spokesperson says. “The statements by American officials are filled with contradictions and lies, and this is nothing new.”
He adds that “the opening or closing of the Strait of Hormuz does not happen on social media, but on the ground.”
