Shariatmadari: The U.S. maritime blockade is an act of piracy

Shariatmadari: The U.S. maritime blockade is an act of piracy "Hossein Shariatmadari," the editor-in-chief of Kayhan newspaper, in an interview with Tasnim: 🔹 When we closed the Strait of Hormuz, of course, we should have done this a long time ago; it is natural that the lifeline of the global economy would be closed. After they could not open the strait with a military operation, they decided on a maritime blockade. 🔹 The important point is that the maritime blockade is an illegal action, and Trump has explicitly referred to it as piracy. However, closing the strait is a legal right for us and is recognized in two international conventions, those of Geneva and Jamaica. 🔹 We should not think of sweeping the strait, which is our legal right, with a maritime blockade that is a form of piracy. 🔹 The movement they started has fortunately not gone unanswered, but I think they will again think about ceasefire, and we must know that no ceasefire is acceptable without a finger on the trigger.