Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has slammed recent comments by US President Donald Trump, who said “we act like pirates” when talking about seizing Iranian vessels.

“This was no verbal slip. It was a direct and damning admission of the criminal nature of their actions against international maritime navigation,” he writes on X.

“The international community, UN Member States, and the UN Secretary-General must firmly reject any normalisation of such blatant violations of international law.”