https://scheerpost.com/2026/03/12/a-sheer-and-utter-lie-that-iran-posed-an-imminent-threat-before-us-attacks-on-february-28-says-tehran/

>  Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi rejected claims by US President Donald Trump’s that the US-Israeli attacks were “preemptive” and said it was just an attempt to justify the illegitimate war. “The claim that Iran was planning on attacking the US or US forces, whether preventively or preemptively, is a sheer and utter lie” and an attempt to justify the war on Iran which is “a misadventure engineered by Israel and paid for by ordinary Americans,” Araghchi said in a post on X...

I see nothing with which to take issue, about this statement.