Tehran’s UN envoy has accused the United States of breaching a ceasefire through recent military activity in and around the Strait of Hormuz, warning of potentially catastrophic consequences for regional and international security.
In a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the president of the UN Security Council, Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir-Saeid Iravani, said attacks on two Iranian-flagged oil tankers near Jask Port and the Strait of Hormuz, along with strikes on Iranian coastal areas, amount to “a clear violation of the ceasefire” and a “gross violation of Article 2, Paragraph 4 of the UN Charter,” according to Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB.
Iravani warned that ongoing US military operations in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz risk “catastrophic consequences” that could extend beyond the region. He said the United States would bear full responsibility for the outcomes of those actions and urged the United Nations and Security Council to “unequivocally condemn” what he described as illegal measures, including a naval blockade, and to press Washington to observe international law and refrain from further escalation.
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has said US naval forces disabled two additional Iranian-flagged oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman as part of what it described as blockade enforcement, and that US forces have redirected 57 commercial vessels in the area. CENTCOM identified the tankers as M/T Sea Star III and M/T Sevda and said a US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet operating from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) fired precision munitions into the vessels’ smokestacks to prevent them from reaching Iranian ports on the Gulf of Oman.
CENTCOM’s statement follows an earlier reported action on May 6 in which US forces disabled another Iranian-flagged tanker, M/T Hasna, as it attempted to enter an Iranian port in the same waters.
Separately, US President Donald Trump said his administration was expecting a response from Iran “tonight” to a Washington proposal intended to end the ongoing conflict in West Asia. Speaking to reporters before traveling to a dinner at his golf course in Sterling, Virginia, Trump said, “We’ll hear from them supposedly tonight” and added, when asked whether Iran might be delaying intentionally, “We’ll find out soon enough.”
The reporting cites statements from Iran’s IRIB, CENTCOM, and news agency ANI. This item was published from a syndicated feed and is presented as received; the Tribune disclaims responsibility for independent verification of the content.
