— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸 NEW: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei accused the U.S. government of using fear of an external threat to distract Americans from what he described as domestic problems and the consequences of U.S. foreign policy.

To frighten their own people, they conjure up an imaginary enemy in the sky to overshadow the real threat on the ground.

The real danger lies neither beyond their borders nor in the skies over Los Angeles and San Diego. It lies in a ruling establishment that has imposed an illegal war on the world, with global consequences.

This is a textbook example of the politics of fear: frightening people with an imaginary threat, portraying the destruction of their own cities as an acceptable price to pay, and diverting their attention from the real danger.

— Esmaeil Baghaei

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