US action in Sea of Oman ‘bears hallmarks of piracy’, Iran tells UN

US action in Sea of Oman ‘bears hallmarks of piracy’, Iran tells UN Iran’s mission to the United Nations condemned the United States over what it described as a “hostile and unlawful attack” on the Iranian commercial vessel Toska in the Sea of Oman. In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the Security Council presidency, Iran said the incident “constitutes a grave and manifest violation of the fundamental principles of international law”. “The deliberate intimidation and psychological terror inflicted upon the crew and their families further compound the egregious nature of this act,” the mission said, adding that the conduct “bears the hallmarks of piracy” and represents a dangerous escalation that threatens the security of key shipping lanes.