Iran ridicules the call of the head of European diplomacy regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz: “That “international law” that the EU invokes to teach others lessons”
The Iranian government has ridiculed EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas's calls to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and respect international law, Politico notes.
Kallas wrote on Platform X that “under international law, transit through waterways such as the Strait of Hormuz must remain open and free.”
However, the regime in Tehran rejected her claims.
“That 'international law'? The one that the EU invokes to teach others lessons, while tacitly approving an American-Israeli war of aggression and turning a blind eye to atrocities committed against Iranians?” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei wrote on X.
In a harsh reaction, Baqaei said that “no rule of international law prohibits Iran, as a riparian state, from taking the necessary measures to prevent the use of the Strait of Hormuz for the purpose of carrying out military actions against it.”
He added that “unconditional transit” through Hormuz is no longer possible after “US/Israeli aggression has brought US military assets into close proximity to the strait.”
Naval traffic is blocked on Sunday after Iranian boats fired on ships trying to transit this strategic route. Tehran reversed an earlier decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in response to the US naval blockade of Iranian ports that threatens the country's oil exports.
Western leaders have called on Iran to reopen the waterway, which carries about a fifth of the oil and liquefied natural gas transported globally. The continuation of the deadlock leads to higher oil prices and affects the prospects for economic growth in the European Union.
