The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the Ukrainian chargé d'affaires and handed him a note of protest in connection with the Ukrainian Armed Forces' strike on an Iranian merchant vessel in the Caspian Sea, APA reports citing IRIB.
According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry's position, as reported by state television and radio, the Islamic Republic will defend its security and national interests and will not allow attacks on the lives and property of its citizens to go unanswered.