Iran has warned the US against being dragged back into the war – as tensions over the Strait of Hormuz escalated.

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

“As talks are making process with Pakistan’s gracious effort, the U.S. should be wary of being dragged back into quagmire by ill-wishers.”

A large plume of smoke comes from the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone in the United Arab Emirates after an apparent Iranian drone strike. Storyful

Araghchi also warned the United Arab Emirates – which was reportedly targeted by Iranian drones – and mocked President Trump’s Project Freedom initiative to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

“Project Freedom is Project Deadlock,” he scoffed.

On Monday, US forces sank seven small Iranian boats deployed to harass vessels stuck in the strait, while Trump told Fox News the clerical regime would be “blown off the face of the Earth” if it attacks US-flagged…