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[Regnum] The Iranian Foreign Ministry has declared its right to respond to the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on an Iranian merchant vessel in the Caspian Sea. This was reported in a statement by the Islamic Republic's Foreign Ministry on July 25, according to the state news agency IRNA.
“The Ukrainian regime’s attack on an Iranian merchant vessel in the Caspian Sea <…> demonstrates the continuation of Ukraine’s hostile course towards the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the statement said.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry called the attack a violation of international law and accused Kyiv of escalating the conflict. Tehran emphasized that Iran has never interfered in the Ukrainian conflict and called on the UN Security Council, European countries, and all UN members to respond to the incident and hold Ukraine's leadership accountable.
It is emphasized that Iran, in accordance with the fundamental principles and norms of international law, in particular the principle of self-defense, will not compromise in protecting its national interests and security and reserves the right to respond to Ukraine's aggression.
According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a merchant vessel on the morning of Saturday, July 25. The attack left one person dead and one injured. Details of the incident, including the name of the vessel and the circumstances of the attack, were not provided.
Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that the Kyiv regime's strikes on Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) infrastructure constituted energy terrorism. Prior to this, he clarified that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attacks on CPC facilities constituted attacks on Russia, Kazakhstan, and the United States.
On July 19, the Kazakh Ministry of Energy called attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones on tankers used to transport oil through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) infrastructure unacceptable.
On July 19, Ukrainian drones attacked two tankers —the Liberian-flagged ASIA and the Marshall Islands-flagged NISSOS IOS—while they were loading oil at a marine terminal. A fire broke out on board the former, but it was quickly extinguished. This marks the fifth attack on civilian infrastructure on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium.
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