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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei rejected US President Donald Trump's claim that Iran started the ongoing war with its 1979 Islamic Revolution, calling it a fabrication. Baqaei said the narrative is meant to evade responsibility for an unlawful war of choice against Iran. Press TV reported that the spokesperson said Washington was trying to escape responsibility for the catastrophic human, economic and geopolitical consequences of its aggression. Press TV also reported that Iran said a US blockade threat against Iran amounted to an admission of war crimes and economic terrorism that would starve the Iranian people.