Ministry of Foreign Affairs of I.R. of Iran

11/17/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/18/2024 01:34

Araghchi:Freedom of navigation is a basic principle of the law of the sea

Araghchi:Freedom of navigation is a basic principle of the law of the sea

The EU is using the same non-existent missile pretext to also target our shipping lines.

FM Araghchi on X:
President Zelensky himself has confirmed that no Iranian ballistic missiles have been delivered to Russia.

Yet, the EU refuses to reverse its indiscriminate targeting of air travelers by going after Iranian airlines-a measure ostensibly motivated by our non-existent missile deliveries to Russia.

Now, the EU is using the same non-existent missile pretext to also target our shipping lines.

There is no legal, logical or moral basis for such behavior. If anything, it will only compel what it ostensibly seeks to prevent.

Freedom of navigation is a basic principle of the law of the sea. When selectively applied by some, such shortsightedness usually tends to boomerang.