Tehran, Nov. 14 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has accused the United States of openly threatening to starve the Iranian people through an economic blockade, following remarks by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Washington's strategy of intensifying economic pressure on Tehran.

In a post on X on Saturday, Baghaei reacted to Rubio's remarks following the G7 Foreign Ministers' meeting in France, where the US Secretary of State said military action against Iran was not necessary at this stage as economic pressure was continuing to affect the country.

""They have to eat eventually," the US Secretary of State has declared - openly and insolently threatening to starve Iranians through a blockade. This is yet anot...