Iran Criticizes U.S., Israel for Justifying Military Actions as 'Energy Stability' Defense on May 17

According to Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Baghaei on May 17, the U.S. and Israel are using ‘maintaining global energy market peace and stability’ as a pretext to justify military operations against Iran. Baghaei stated that Washington and Tel Aviv are creating ‘yet another massive lie’ to defend their ‘illegal war,’ claiming they are protecting energy market stability, while their own military actions have disrupted diplomatic prospects and deliberately destabilized critical energy transit routes. She accused both nations of repeating a pattern of ‘creating crises and wars, then escalating further under the guise of restoring stability and defending peace,’ according to CCTV News.