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Pezeshkian says US blockade ‘extension of military operations’ amid ceasefire
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Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses cabinet members as they visit the tomb of the Islamic Republic's founding supreme leader, Ruhollah Khomeini, in Tehran, Iran, on January 31, 2026. (Handout/Iranian Presidency/AFP)
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says that a US naval blockade of his country’s ports was effectively an “extension of military operations” by Washington, in spite of an ongoing ceasefire between the two sides.
“The world has witnessed Iran’s tolerance and conciliation. What is being done under the guise of a naval blockade is an extension of military operations against a nation paying the price for its resistance and independence,” he says on X. “Continuation of this oppressive approach is intolerable.”
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