Iran Urges UN to Push US to Free Seized Ship Touska

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeed Iravani, has formally urged the global body to press the United States to immediately and unconditionally release the Iranian commercial vessel Touska, along with its crew and their families, according to Iranian state broadcaster Press TV. 

In a letter sent on Tuesday to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the President of the Security Council, Iravani raised “urgent concern” over what he



described as ongoing violations of international law by the United States, including the targeting of Iranian commercial ships.

Iravani detailed the incident, stating that US forces captured the Touska in the Sea of Oman near Iran’s coast a day earlier, calling the move a “hostile and unlawful act.” 

“This attack involved coercion, intimidation, and reckless endangerment of the lives of the ship’s crew and their families,” he said.