TEHRAN, July 25. /TASS/. Tehran strongly condemns Ukraine’s strike on an Iranian commercial ship in the Caspian Sea, which left a crew member dead, the Islamic Republic’s foreign ministry said.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic strongly condemns the Ukrainian regime’s attack on an Iranian commercial ship in the Caspian Sea, which occurred in the early hours of Saturday. As a result, an explosion occurred aboard the ship, which left one sailor killed and another one wounded," the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry said that this attack violates Section 4 Article 2 of the UN Charter and constitutes an act of aggression.