Tehran (IP) - Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami warned that any act of aggression against the country's oil tankers will receive a rapid, decisive and crushing response from the Islamic Republic.

Iran Press/Iran news: Speaking on the sideline of the cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Brigadier General Hatami said disrupting the course of Iranian tankers by Americans will draw a reaction from Iran.

On Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, warning the US about sending troops to the Caribbean Sea with the aim of interfering with the transfer of Iran’s fuel to Venezuela.

Zarif has stressed that the US must give up bullying on the world stage and respect the rule of international law, especially free shipping in the high seas.

Following Zarif's letter, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi summoned the Swiss envoy, whose country represents US interests in Tehran, to voice the country's vehement protest at US provocations.101

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