Head of the Iranian parliament’s National Security Commission Ebrahim Azizi has warned Ukraine that a reported attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea will not go unanswered.

 

In a social media post, Azizi said any attack on Iran comes with a cost and suggested Ukraine would face a response. His remarks came after Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi accused Ukraine of striking the vessel, killing one sailor and injuring another. In a social media post, Araghchi alleged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered the attack.

 

Iran earlier summoned Ukraine’s acting charge d’affaires in Tehran to lodge a formal protest over the incident. The diplomatic protest followed Zelenskyy’s announcement that Ukraine had carried out long-range strikes on military-related targets in Russia, including in the Caspian Sea.