Iran says Ukrainian attack on vessel in Caspian Sea killed sailor

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Iran's Foreign Ministry condemned a Ukrainian ​attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea, saying on Saturday it ‌resulted ‌in ​an ‌explosion ⁠that ​killed one sailor ⁠and injured another.
Tehran described the incident as an act of ⁠aggression and said it ‌would ‌defend ​its ‌national interests and ‌security, while accusing Ukraine of seeking to expand the ‌Russia-Ukraine war.
Ukraine's forces struck a ⁠Russian ⁠warship and vessels used for transporting Iran-linked military cargo in the Caspian Sea, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on ​Saturday.