Iranian official quotes Dostoevsky in critique of US foreign policy

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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei quoted Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov on X, saying it aptly described how “America’s extreme reliance on lies has corrupted its foreign policy toward Iran and the region”.

“This passage from Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov aptly describes the situation in which the US system of governance and foreign policy regarding Iran and the region finds itself due to its extreme reliance on ‘lies,’” he said.

“The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others,” he added.

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