Abbas Araqchi, the foreign minister of the Islamic Republic, said in a meeting with Paulo Rangel, Portugal’s foreign minister, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly that the existing insecurity in the Strait of Hormuz and disruption to shipping are “direct results of the aggressive actions” of the United States and Israel.

Araqchi, in the meeting held on the evening of Thursday, the second of Mehr, said: “Restoring security for shipping in the region requires the cessation of America’s destabilizing actions and economic terrorism.”

The foreign minister of the Islamic Republic also said: “The European Union and its member countries should take an independent, responsible approach in line with international law toward developments in the West Asia region.”