{"id":1111741,"date":"2026-07-26T05:18:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T05:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1111741\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T05:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T05:18:24","slug":"iran-urges-eu-to-take-decisive-action-against-ukraines-attack-on-iranian-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1111741\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran urges EU to take \u2018decisive\u2019 action against Ukraine’s attack on Iranian ship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi speaks during a news conference with his Iraqi counterpart Fouad Hussein after their meeting at the foreign ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, June 28, 2026. (PHOTO \/ AP)<\/p>\n

TEHRAN \u2013 Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Saturday called on the EU to take “decisive” action against Ukraine’s targeting of an Iranian commercial ship in the Caspian Sea.<\/p>\n

He made the remarks in a phone call with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, in which the two sides discussed the latest regional developments, according to a statement by the Iranian Foreign Ministry.<\/p>\n

Araghchi condemned the Ukrainian attack, urging the EU, UN Security Council, and international community to hold its “perpetrators” and supporters to account, according to the statement.<\/p>\n

The two sides also addressed developments in the Strait of Hormuz, stressing the need for diplomatic initiatives to manage regional tensions, it added.<\/p>\n

In a separate statement, the ministry said it summoned Ukraine’s charge d’affaires in Tehran on Saturday over the attack, formally delivering a note of protest condemning the “hostile and criminal” act.<\/p>\n

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Earlier in the day, the ministry said the Ukrainian attack had caused the vessel to explode, killing a sailor and wounding another.<\/p>\n

The ministry said Iran has never intervened in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, adding the strike could further “spread the flames of the war and insecurity in a dangerous manner.”<\/p>\n

Also on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country’s forces had hit a Russian warship and vessels used for transporting Iran-linked military cargo in the Caspian Sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi speaks during a news conference with his Iraqi counterpart Fouad Hussein after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1111742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7654],"tags":[109286,303113,2000,299,1699,774,2596,303112,657],"class_list":["post-1111741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ukraine","tag-caspian-sea","tag-commercial-ship","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-european-union","tag-iran","tag-kaja-kallas","tag-seyed-abbas-araghchi","tag-ukraine"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116984592844124994","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1111741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1111742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1111741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1111741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1111741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}