{"id":21172,"date":"2026-05-16T03:50:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T03:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=21172"},"modified":"2026-05-16T03:50:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T03:50:34","slug":"iran-accuses-u-s-of-seeking-further-military-escalation-in-the-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/05\/16\/iran-accuses-u-s-of-seeking-further-military-escalation-in-the-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran accuses U.S. of seeking further military escalation in the region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Iran\u2019s mission to the United Nations says the United States is attempting to use supporters of a \u201cpolitical and one-sided\u201d draft resolution to create what it described as a \u201cfalse image of broad international support\u201d for Washington\u2019s actions.<br>In a statement issued early Saturday, the Iranian mission said the efforts were aimed at paving the way for \u201cfurther military adventurism\u201d in the region.<br>The mission warned that if the United States initiates any new escalation, Washington and all countries backing it would bear international responsibility for the consequences.<br>\u201cNo political justification or diplomatic cover can absolve them of responsibility for facilitating, assisting, and legitimizing U.S. aggression,\u201d the statement said.<br>The remarks appeared to refer to a draft resolution reportedly being prepared by the United States and five allied Middle Eastern countries for submission to the United Nations Security Council.<br>If approved, the resolution would authorize military efforts aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz.<br>A similar resolution submitted earlier this year by the United States and Bahrain to the UN Security Council on April 7, 2025, was vetoed by China and Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Iran\u2019s mission to the United Nations says the United States is attempting to use supporters of a \u201cpolitical and one-sided\u201d draft resolution to create what it described as a \u201cfalse image of broad international support\u201d for Washington\u2019s actions.In a statement issued early Saturday, the Iranian mission said the efforts were aimed at paving the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21174,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21172\/revisions\/21174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}