Iranian foreign minister says U.S. committed a 'war crime' for its strike on 'unarmed' ship

The world saw your battleship sunk in the Indian Ocean. Dozens of Iranian sailors died. Your response was, quote, mark my words, the US will come to bitterly regret the precedent it has set. So what is Iran going to do? And at this point, given the state of your military right now,

what can you do?

Well, first of all, that was a training ship, which was invited by the Indian Navy to take part in an exercise. And they went there as their guests, the Indians guests, and they did participate in that exercise. And they were in their way back home

and the ship was unarmed. So attacking an unarmed ship full of training officers and sailors is a war crime, I have

to say.

What type of battleship, Minister, excuse me, but what type of military would allow a battleship into the ocean with no weapons on board?

Well, because it was, you know, the goal was not, their aim was not going to war. They went for an exercise, you know, which was arranged by the Indian Navy. There are so many other guests who went there and they, you know, took part

in a parade. And, you know, everything was a peaceful, you know, training course or peaceful training process. process. So they didn't need, you know, weapons.