Iran called on Friday the envoy of Switzerland, which represents US interests in Tehran, to protest the US seizure of Iranian oil from a Russian-operated ship near Greece, the foreign ministry said in a statement quoting Iranian media. said in.
“The Islamic Republic has expressed its deep concern at the continuing violation of international law and international maritime conventions by the US government,” the semi-official ISNA news agency quoted the ministry as saying.
The ministry called for the immediate release of the ship and its cargo.
The Iran-flagged ship, Pegas, was one of five ships designated by Washington on February 22 – two days before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – for sanctions against Promsvazbank, a bank considered critical to Russia’s defense sector. was.
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