{"id":19659,"date":"2026-09-16T14:25:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/?p=19659"},"modified":"2026-09-16T14:25:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:25:36","slug":"russia-says-blocking-irans-trade-wi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/2026\/09\/16\/russia-says-blocking-irans-trade-wi\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Says Blocking Iran\u2019s Trade Without UN Mandate Violates International Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russia Says Blocking Iran\u2019s Trade Without UN Mandate Violates International Law<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Zakharova says Moscow\u2019s position on US-Israeli actions against Iran remains unchanged<\/p>\n

TEHRAN: Russia has rejected any blockade, sanctions or restrictions on Iran\u2019s normal trade and logistical activities without authorization from the United Nations Security Council, describing such measures as unacceptable and illegal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russian Foreign Ministry<\/a> spokeswoman Maria Zakharova made the remarks during her weekly press briefing in response to a question from a Mehr News Agency correspondent.<\/p>\n

Zakharova said Moscow\u2019s position on Iran had not changed, reiterating Russia\u2019s view that the United States and Israel had launched what she described as direct and unprovoked aggression against Iran and the Iranian people.<\/p>\n

Addressing the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, she said Russia had repeatedly and clearly stated its position on the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are facing a direct and unprovoked aggression by America and Israel against Iran and the Iranian people,\u201d Zakharova said, adding that Moscow\u2019s position was not based on temporary or emotional considerations but on what it considers a broader assessment of the facts and circumstances.<\/p>\n

She noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had also publicly addressed the issue, stressing that Russia\u2019s position remained unchanged.<\/p>\n

Zakharova linked the situation in the Strait of Hormuz to what she described as a wider challenge to the international legal framework governing the world\u2019s seas and oceans.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe global ocean, instead of being governed by legal frameworks and international regulations, is becoming an arena of disaster, piracy and absolute lawlessness,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Commenting specifically on any blockade of Iran, Zakharova said such an action was unacceptable from both legal and humanitarian perspectives.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom a legal perspective, this action is fundamentally unacceptable. From a humanitarian perspective, it is also unacceptable,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The Russian spokeswoman argued that restrictions on a country\u2019s activities could legally be imposed through sanctions authorized by the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n

She questioned whether the Security Council had authorized any such measures in the Strait of Hormuz, answering that it had not.<\/p>\n

Zakharova further argued that the Security Council could not have authorized such an action because, in Russia\u2019s view, it would constitute a serious violation of international law.<\/p>\n

Her remarks come amid heightened international tensions surrounding Iran and the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a vital maritime route for global energy and commercial trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russia Says Blocking Iran\u2019s Trade Without UN Mandate Violates International Law Zakharova says Moscow\u2019s position on US-Israeli actions against Iran remains unchanged TEHRAN: Russia has rejected any blockade, sanctions or restrictions on Iran\u2019s normal trade and logistical activities without authorization from the United Nations Security Council, describing such measures as unacceptable and illegal. Russian Foreign […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2297,2299],"tags":[4076,4075],"class_list":["post-19659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-world","tag-maria-zakharova","tag-russian-foreign-ministry-spokeswoman"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19659"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19661,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19659\/revisions\/19661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}