"No military solution to a political crisis": Iran's Araghchi warns US and UAE over “quagmire”
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- Iran’s foreign minister cautioned the US and UAE against military involvement in the Strait of Hormuz crisis.
- The warning comes after reported exchanges between US and Iranian forces raised doubts over the ceasefire.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned the United States and United Arab Emirates against getting drawn into a “quagmire,” saying that recent “events in (the Strait of) Hormuz make clear that there’s no military solution to a political crisis.”
Araghchi wrote in a post on X on Monday that talks were “making progress with Pakistan’s gracious effort” and that “the US should be wary of being dragged back into a quagmire by ill-wishers. So should the UAE.”
Araghchi also dismissed Washington’s “Project Freedom” plan to guide merchant ships out of the strait, writing: “Project Freedom is Project Deadlock.”
Araghchi’s remarks came after the US and Iranian militaries traded shots in the strait, prompting questions over whether the nearly monthlong ceasefire will continue.
