Iran Says Ukrainian Strike Killed Sailor On Its Ship In Caspian Sea
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has accused Ukraine of striking an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea, saying an explosion aboard the ship killed one sailor and injured a second crew member.
Tehran summoned Ukraine’s diplomat the same day to protest against what the ministry described as a hostile and criminal act, and it framed the strike as a violation of the United Nations Charter and as an act of aggression capable of widening the Russia-Ukraine war, according to state news agency IRNA. The ministry also restated Iran’s long-held position that it has never intervened in the conflict between Moscow and Kyiv, and it warned that Iran…