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While Condemning the latest attacks on oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, the United Nation Security Council has urged all parties to exercise maximum restraint and take measures and actions to reduce escalation and tension. The UN’s most powerful body said the attacks violate international rules on freedom of navigation and maritime transport and threaten international peace and security.
It said that differences must be addressed peacefully and through dialogue. The statement was issued after closed consultations and a briefing on the attacks by U.N. peacekeeping chief Rosemary DiCarlo.The United States blames Iran for the latest attacks. Tehran has denied any involvement.
Iran slams new US sanctions, says they mean end of diplomacy
WEB DESK
Iran today slammed Trump administration over new U.S. sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader and other top officials. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said the measures spell permanent closure of diplomacy between Tehran and Washington.
He said Trump administration is annihilating all the established international mechanisms for keeping peace and security in the world. President Donald Trump enacted the new sanctions yesterday against Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his associates.