Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Alagazi said on Friday that Iran remains committed to maintaining the safety of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, but maritime safety cannot be achieved by military action, threat, blockade or economic coercion. While reading out a statement to reporters on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Alagzi said, “Maritime safety cannot be re-established through further military action, threats, blockades, or economic coercion.” He said that the turbulent situation in the straits and disrupted shipping was “a direct result of the aggressive acts of the US and Israeli regimes.” He said, “You cannot bomb a country, threaten to eliminate it, and implement maritime blockades and coercive measures while hoping that safety and navigation will automatically resume.” Alagzi also said that if some countries in the region provide territory, military bases, airspace, or logistics and intelligence facilities to support attacks against Iran, then these countries need to bear corresponding responsibility for this. Alagzi also accused Washington of “weaponizing economic deprivation as a tool of collective punishment and political coercion,” saying that the relevant US measures infringe on the Iranian people's right to life, health, and access to medicine and food.

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