Abbas Araghchi, the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, described the blockade of Iran's ports as a "wartime action" and a violation of the two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States in a message on X on the evening of Tuesday, April 1, 2025 (the first of Ordibehesht 1405 in the Persian calendar). He also condemned an attack on a commercial ship and the hostage-taking of its crew as a greater violation of the ceasefire.
