Iran calls on Ukraine to acknowledge responsibility for the attack on a merchant ship

Kyiv must unconditionally acknowledge responsibility for the attack on an Iranian merchant ship in the Caspian Sea, and statements that the strike was unintentional are unconvincing, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said during a telephone conversation with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.

Earlier, Araghchi said that Ukraine's acting foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, had called Ukraine's attack on the Iranian ship "unintentional" during a telephone conversation with him.

"The head of our country's Foreign Ministry stated that, given Zelensky's clear statements acknowledging responsibility for the attack on the Iranian merchant ship, the claim that this attack was unintentional is unconvincing. Kyiv must unconditionally acknowledge responsibility for this criminal act, which led to the deaths and injuries of Iranian citizens and the destruction of an Iranian merchant ship," says a statement published on the Telegram channel of Iran's Foreign Ministry.

As Iran's Foreign Ministry reported earlier, on Saturday, July 25, Ukraine carried out a military attack on an Iranian merchant ship. As a result of the attack, one sailor was killed and another was injured. Tehran stated that it reserves the right to take retaliatory action following Ukraine's attack on the Iranian merchant ship in the Caspian Sea. The ministry noted that responsibility for the consequences of Ukraine's adventures will fall on Kyiv and those who support it.

Source: RIA Novosti