Tehran (IP) - The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) considers reciprocal messages in response to the global bullies as the only way to protect the country's rights.

Iran PressIran news: In a tweet on Thursday, Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani wrote: " The change in #Greece's behavior after #Iran's proportionate and authoritarian response to the seizure of its oil tanker, along with dozens of other experiences, shows that the only way to defend the country's rights against bullying, whether in #JCPOA or IAEA is reciprocity."

The Greek government issued a verdict last month to confiscate the cargo of a ship carrying the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran off the coast of the country in coordination with the US government.

The navy of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) also seized two Greek oil tankers in response to the Greek government's action to stop the Iranian ship due to violations in the azure waters of the Persian Gulf.

The Greek government today, Thursday, 09 June, announced that it would give back the cargo to Iran.

Meanwhile, the President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi said in a public speech on Thursday that the country would never ever step back from its stances, pointing to the resolution approved against Iran by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The resolution proposed by the United States and the European Troika (Germany, France, UK) against Iran was adopted on Wednesday, June 8, despite strong opposition from China and Russia at the IAEA Board of Governors' quarterly meeting.

Western countries, led by the United States and the Zionist regime, have in recent years accused Iran of deviation in its legal peaceful nuclear program.

The accusations came as the Islamic Republic of Iran has signed the Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT), an international treaty the US and Israeli regime refused to sign. 

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