Iran’s Foreign Minister Says No Military Solution To Hormuz, Warns US and UAE Against a ‘Quagmire’

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that the flare-ups in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday show there’s no “military solution” to the crisis and warned the US and the UAE against being drawn into a “quagmire” in the region.

“Events in Hormuz make clear that there’s no military solution to a political crisis,” Araghchi wrote on X.

“As talks are making progress with Pakistan’s gracious effort, the US should be wary of being dragged back into quagmire by ill-wishers. So should the UAE. Project Freedom is Project Deadlock,” the Iranian diplomat added.

The incidents on Monday, which involved the US and Iran trading fire and Iranian drones and missiles targeting the UAE, came after Iran submitted a new proposal to the US through Pakistan to bring a permanent end to the conflict.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that Tehran was reviewing the US response to the proposal, but then Trump announced a new US military operation to “guide” commercial ships out of the Strait of Hormuz.

Axios reported that Trump went ahead with the escalation because he was fed up with the stalemate with Iran. One source close to the president told Axios reporter Barak Ravid that the US military operation was the “beginning of a process that could lead to a confrontation with the Iranians.”

The source suggested the purpose of it could be to create a situation to frame Iran as the aggressor, saying that the “humanitarian” mission means “if the Iranians do something, they will be the bad guys and we will have the legitimacy to act.”