Iran blasts EU hypocrisy after Kaja Kallas invokes international law over Strait of Hormuz closure
The Iranian Embassy to the United Kingdom has vehemently censured the latest remarks by the Chief of European diplomacy Kaja Kallas, sharply criticizing the double standards of Western countries regarding the unprovoked US-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic.
The diplomatic mission in a post published on his official X account wrote, “‘International law’”? That’s rich. What does it say about US & Israeli regimes military aggression against sovereign states and assassinating their leaders? About the Minab school attack that killed 170 students?”
“Or attacks on civilian infrastructure pharma factories, desalination plants?” the post added.
Taking a swipe at the EU’s top diplomat, the embassy said it is ridiculous that “international law” only seems to matter when it fits “your narrative.”
“You never hold aggressors accountable, only the victims,” the Iranian embassy added.
On Thursday, Kallas thanked British Secretary of Foreign Affairs Yvette Cooper for convening a call of more than 40 countries on the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
“This waterway is a global public good. Iran cannot be allowed to charge countries a bounty to let ships pass. International law doesn’t recognize pay-to-pass schemes,” she asserted in a post posted on the social media platform X.
She further claimed that the EU’s Aspides naval mission has already assisted 1,700 ships in the Red Sea and must be scaled up.
“We cannot afford to lose another critical trade route. We support work by the UN on humanitarian corridors in the Strait to get food and fertilizers out. The EU has tools to track and facilitate transit that could help with that,” Kallas commented.
The remarks come as Western countries have adopted belligerent stances ever since the onset of the imposed war on Iran in late February and refused to condemn the onslaught. They have urged both sides to exercise self-restraint and resume the path of diplomacy.
Iran hints at the prospect of additional momentous pressure on aggressors and their allies with potential closure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
The United States and Israel launched a war of aggression against Iran on February 28, assassinating Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and several high-ranking military commanders despite indirect Tehran-Washington negotiations on Iran’s peaceful nuclear program
In return, the Iranian Armed Forces have carried out a series of missile and drone operations against US interests across West Asia and Israeli positions in the occupied territories.
