{"id":372458,"date":"2026-07-27T03:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T21:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=372458"},"modified":"2026-07-27T03:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T21:49:08","slug":"iran-vows-revenge-on-zelensky-after-strikes-threaten-to-pull-europe-into-war-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/27\/iran-vows-revenge-on-zelensky-after-strikes-threaten-to-pull-europe-into-war-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran vows revenge on Zelensky after strikes threaten to pull ‘Europe into war’ | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi called Zelensky a freeloader (Picture: REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ukraine launched a strike on an Iranian tanker in an attack that threatens to \u2018drag Europe\u2019 into the Middle East conflict.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed strikes against sanctioned ships transporting military cargo between Iran and Russia within the Caspian Sea on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi hit back: \u2018Zelensky has attacked an Iranian business vessel, killing a sailor. <\/p>\n

\u2018A blatant UN Charter violation done at Israel\u2019s behest to pull Europe into its war. <\/p>\n

\u2018In calls with EU High Rep Kallas and FM Lavrov, made clear that what the freeloader in Kyiv did CANNOT GO UNANSWERED.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Tehran and Kyiv are only 1,200 miles apart, well inside range of ballistic missiles which each countries own, sparking fears of the wars merging effectively creating the conditions for WWIII.<\/p>\n

Zelensky also accused Russia of giving Iran satellite images of US targets to attack.<\/p>\n

\u2018For the reason that starting of July, we now have recorded energetic Russian satellite surveillance of the Gulf states and US military facilities positioned there,\u2019 Zelensky\u00a0said on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u2018These images subsequently appear in Iran. At the identical time, there’s a transparent correlation between Russia\u2019s satellite imagery of those sites and Iranian strikes \u2014 each before the attacks, in preparation for them, and afterward, to evaluate the damage inflicted.\u2019<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry reported an explosion aboard the business vessel on Saturday morning that also wounded one other sailor before adding Tehran has remained neutral in Russia\u2019s invasion. <\/p>\n

Iranian deputy parliament speaker Ali Nikzad added: \u2018Iran will at all times exercise its legal right to defend its territorial integrity. <\/p>\n

\u2018Any location used as a launching point for aggression against our country and territory will undoubtedly be considered a legitimate goal for our armed forces, and the Ukrainian government\u2019s reckless motion is not going to go unanswered.\u2019<\/p>\n

He also warned Ukraine, Britain and Bulgaria against supporting US military actions, saying any location used to launch attacks on Iran can be considered a \u2018legitimate goal\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Donald Trump posted one other surreal AI image of him taking an Iranian tanker and planting a US flag in a flurry of posts (Picture: Truth Social)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The threats threatened to boil over even after President Donald Trump abruptly called off his two-week-old bombing campaign.<\/p>\n

After \u200c13 nights of intensifying US airstrikes on Iran, the Pentagon abruptly suspended the campaign late on Friday, with no attacks reported on either Saturday or Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Iranian Health Ministry says 3,434 people have been killed for the reason that war began, including 55 in the course of the recent escalation. The most recent U.S. strikes temporarily disrupted transportation and communications inside Iran, and damaged water infrastructure utilized by 1000’s of individuals.<\/p>\n

Eighteen American service members are believed to have been killed for the reason that start of the Iran war, including 4 US soldiers in recent days<\/p>\n

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Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi called Zelensky a freeloader (Picture: REUTERS) Ukraine launched a strike on an Iranian tanker in an attack that threatens to \u2018drag Europe\u2019 into the Middle East conflict. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed strikes against sanctioned ships transporting military cargo between Iran and Russia within the Caspian Sea on Saturday. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":372459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20691],"tags":[18748,141,15256,395,4189,11344,8852,7379,571,813,25162],"class_list":["post-372458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-drag","tag-europe","tag-iran","tag-news","tag-revenge","tag-strikes","tag-threaten","tag-vows","tag-war","tag-world","tag-zelensky"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t