Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani is calling on the US to end any threatened blockade and for Gulf countries to stop hosting US military bases

Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani is calling on the US to end any threatened blockade and for Gulf countries to stop hosting US military bases

 TIMOTHY A. CLARY

Iran slammed a US blockade around its ports on Monday as a "grave violation" of its sovereignty, as Washington and Tehran's belligerent rhetoric rattled a fragile truce.

"The imposition of a maritime blockade constitutes a grave violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran," Iran's ambassador to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani wrote to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, in a letter seen by AFP.

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