Iran has denounced the United States for its “blatant violation” of the peace deal to end hostilities in the region on Saturday after a series of American strikes hit the country following an alleged drone attack from Iran on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz.
“These brutal attacks, which targeted Iranian coastal surveillance facilities, are a blatant violation” of the Memorandum of Understanding and the UN Charter, the Iranian foreign ministry said in a statement.
The ministry reaffirmed Iran’s right to self-defence and said its armed forces carried out retaliatory attacks on US targets.
Iran also called on the Gulf states the prevent their territory from being used for US strikes and urged the UN and international bodies to address what it described as a breaches of international law.
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