In a speech at Iran's foreign ministry, President Hassan Rouhani emphasized that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, and war with Iran is the mother of all wars.

Iran PressIran news: Addressing senior diplomats and officials at the foreign ministry in Tehran on Tuesday President Hassan Rouhani said: "Peace for peace, oil for oil, strait for a strait and security for security."

Iranian President made the remark at the Foreign Ministry building on Tuesday.

The comment was a reference to the impounding of an Iranian supertanker in the Strait of Gibraltar by Britain's Royal Navy on 4 July, and the subsequent impounding of a British tanker, the Stena Impero, by Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Strait of Hormuz.

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