US naval blockade against Iran ‘illegal’, amounts to ‘war crime’: envoy

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Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the UN office in Geneva, Ali Bahraini, has warned against the humanitarian impact of the “illegal” US naval blockade against the Islamic Republic, stressing that it constitutes “a war crime,” PressTV reports.

He stressed that this “unilateral naval blockade”, which is being imposed within the framework of unilateral coercive measures and as part of an ongoing pressure campaign against Iran, has had widespread humanitarian impact.

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