According to Al Jazeera, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei criticized U.S. Secretary of State Rubio's remarks on economic sanctions in a post on X, accusing the U.S. of openly threatening to starve the Iranian people through a blockade and calling it a "war crime." The report noted that Rubio stated after the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in France that economic sanctions are working and military action against Iran is unnecessary at this stage. The aforementioned allegation of a "war crime" is an accusation made by the Iranian side.