Iran warns Ukraine of retaliation after deadly Caspian Sea strike
Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said a deadly Ukrainian attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea ‘cannot go unanswered’, calling it a violation of the United Nations Charter. In a social media post on Sunday, Araghchi accused Israel of provoking the attack in an attempt to ‘drag Europe into its war’. … Ukraine said it had targeted a Russian warship and vessels used for transporting Iranian-linked military cargo in the Caspian Sea. But the Foreign Ministry said Iran ‘has never intervened in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine’. Meanwhile, a senior Iranian lawmaker has warned Ukraine could face retaliation over the strike.” (07/27/26)