{"id":140370,"date":"2026-05-09T06:02:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T06:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/iran-accuses-us-of-reckless-military-adventure-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T06:02:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T06:02:49","slug":"iran-accuses-us-of-reckless-military-adventure-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/iran-accuses-us-of-reckless-military-adventure-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran accuses US of \u2018reckless military adventure\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TEHRAN, May 9 \u2013 Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused the US of opting for a \u201creckless military adventure\u201d every time a \u201cdiplomatic solution is on the table\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Iranians would \u201cnever bow to pressure\u201d, Araghchi said in a post on X, a day after both sides accused each other of launching attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and as the US fired on more Iranian vessels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it a crude pressure tactic?,\u201d his Iranian counterpart asked. \u201cOr the result of a spoiler once again duping POTUS [US President Donald Trump] into another quagmire?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the clashes, Trump said the ceasefire was intact. It is meant to enable talks to end the war that the US and Israel launched in February.<\/p>\n<p>Iran was expected to respond to US proposals on Friday, according to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope it\u2019s a serious offer, I really do,\u201d Rubio said during a visit to Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has been controlling the Strait of Hormuz as well as attacking US allies in the Gulf in retaliation for the US and Israeli attacks. Some 20% of the world\u2019s oil and liquefied natural gas uses the crucial waterway whose blockage has send prices soaring.<\/p>\n<p>Early this week, Trump launched \u2013 and then paused \u2013 a US military operation to help free some 2,000 vessels which have been stranded in the area since February.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN, May 9 \u2013 Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused the US of opting for a \u201creckless military adventure\u201d every time a \u201cdiplomatic solution is on the table\u201d. Iranians would \u201cnever bow to pressure\u201d, Araghchi said in a post on X, a day after both sides accused each other of launching attacks in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}