[Iranian Foreign Ministry: U.S. Policy Towards Iran is a 'Farce'] Golden Finance reported on August 27 that Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Baghaei stated on August 26 that U.S. policy towards Iran is a 'complete farce.' On the same day, Baghaei posted on social media, saying that the U.S. sought help from Bahrain to try to prove that its so-called 'alliance' is functioning, but there is almost no substantive economic interaction between Bahrain and Iran. Meanwhile, the U.S. announced a 'halt' to sports and academic exchanges with Iran, though these exchanges had already largely come to a standstill. Baghaei criticized that the U.S. is imposing additional sanctions on entities already under sanctions and packaging an 'empty framework' as an 'alliance.'