Tehran accuses Israel of creating ‘unrest’ and reserves all rights to respond to cargo ship attack

Iran’s Foreign Ministry

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has warned it will take any measure appropriate to respond to an attack on an Iranian cargo vessel as it made its way through the Mediterranean last week, once again suggesting Israel was the perpetrator.

“Whenever the region moves toward peace, this [Israeli] regime tries to create unrest for a clear reason,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told reporters during a regular press briefing on Monday, citing an attack on a container ship belonging to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRIS) Group last week. 

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