Iran Slams G7’s Baseless Accusation of Role in Tanker Attack

“We strongly condemn the baseless statement from the foreign ministers of G7 and the high representative of the European Union for foreign policy which has leveled groundless accusations against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Saturday.

The spokesman said it is remarkable that such an anti-Iranian scenario was invented just a few days before the inauguration of the new Iranian president that was a display of democratic transition of power in the Islamic Republic.

Khatibzadeh also noted that such groundless scenarios that are usually fabricated by the Zionist regime with the purpose of creating tensions have a series of customers that immediately accept untrue and irrational conclusions.

Such plots that have been hatched by the Zionist regime at various junctures are not new to experts and those familiar with the history of the region, he added.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran is fully committed to ensuring the security of the strategic waterway of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, considers it as part of its own security, and is still ready for cooperation with the regional countries in creating, establishing and guaranteeing the sustainability of collective security system in the region, and at the same time, it would not hesitate even a bit to defend its sovereign rights in this area,” Khatibzadeh stated.

His comments came after the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven alleged that Iran was threatening international peace and security and that all available evidence showed it was behind an attack on the Mercer Street tanker last week.

The vessel was a Liberian-flagged, Japanese-owned petroleum product tanker managed by Israeli-owned Zodiac Maritime.

Iran has vehemently denied any involvement in the suspected drone attack, in which two crew members –a Briton and a Romanian– were killed.