File photo of the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut is shown in this undated photo operating in heavy seas in the Atlantic Ocean. REUTERS/Aaron Chase/U.S. Navy/Handout
COPENHAGEN/LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister told a New York City audience on Wednesday that Tehran respects freedom of navigation in the Gulf, a day after Iranian patrol boats seized a Danish container ship in one of the world's busiest oil shipping lanes.
"The Persian Gulf is our lifeline ... We will respect international navigation," Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said during a discussion hosted by New York University's Center on International Cooperation and the think tank New America. "For us, freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf is a must."
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