Iran defends Hormuz actions at IMO as UAE heaps on criticism
- Iran says it isn’t a party to UNCLOS, and doesn’t accept its regime of transit passage
- UAE and Iran accuse each other of endangering safety, freedom of navigation
- UAE proposes Maritime Safety Committee adopt a resolution urging end to illegal attacks on ships
Iran has said its actions in the Strait of Hormuz are in self-defence, in response to criticism from the UAE and other Middle East Gulf states. Both sides blame each other for disrupting world trade
