Iran Foreign Ministry spokesperson Baghaei said on the 27th that those supporting the Ukrainian government must be held accountable after Ukraine's military attacked an Iranian merchant vessel in the Caspian Sea in the early hours of the 25th, killing one crew member and injuring another. Tehran strongly condemned the strike as a violation of the UN Charter, calling it an "act of aggression" and a security threat to Caspian littoral states. Baghaei warned the move will inevitably draw an Iranian

Iran Foreign Ministry spokesperson Baghaei said on the 27th that those supporting the Ukrainian government must be held accountable after Ukraine's military attacked an Iranian merchant vessel in the Caspian Sea in the early hours of the 25th, killing one crew member and injuring another. Tehran strongly condemned the strike as a violation of the UN Charter, calling it an "act of aggression" and a security threat to Caspian littoral states. Baghaei warned the move will inevitably draw an Iranian response, saying the consequences are unpredictable and could spread globally; Caspian littoral states have expressed concern.