Iran has urged the United Nations to press the United States to immediately and unconditionally release the Iranian commercial vessel Touska, along with its crew and their families, after the ship was reportedly seized by US forces in the Sea of Oman.
Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeed Iravani, raised the demand in a letter sent Tuesday to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the president of the Security Council, according to Iranian state broadcaster Press TV and a statement posted by Iran’s mission to the UN on X.
In the letter, Iravani said US forces captured Touska near Iran’s coast on 19 April, calling it a hostile and unlawful act. He said the operation involved coercion, intimidation and reckless endangerment of the crew and their families.
The ambassador said the seizure of a civilian commercial vessel violated core principles of international law, including the prohibition on aggression.
He also said the
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