The Iranian embassy in South Korea declared on Thursday (7) that it “strongly rejects” any allegation of involvement by the Iranian armed forces in the damage caused to a South Korean vessel in the Strait of Hormuz.
The embassy, however, stated that, since the start of the war with the United States and Israel, Tehran has “repeatedly emphasized” that the route “is an inseparable part of its defensive geography in confronting aggressors and their supporters.”
Therefore, navigation conditions in the strait were “affected by the evolution of the security situation”.
Earlier this week, there was one, according to a South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson.
The Panamanian-flagged ship was carrying 24 crew members, including six South Koreans, and was docked in the strait near the United Arab Emirates when the explosion occurred. There were no reports of casualties, the ministry said at the time.
US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran had “fired some shots” at the ship.
South Korea was evaluating , the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs previously reported, but the short-lived American project was later suspended.
