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Kyiv has offered its drone interception expertise to countries in the Middle East that have suffered strikes from Iran.<br \/>Tehran described the attack on its vessel as an act of aggression and said it would defend its national interests and security, while accusing Kyiv of seeking to expand the war in Ukraine.<br \/>The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned Ukraine&#8217;s charg\u00e9 d&#8217;affaires in Tehran to convey its protest over what it described as a &#8220;hostile and criminal&#8221; attack, Iran&#8217;s state news agency IRNA reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&#8217;s Foreign Ministry condemned on Saturday a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea, saying it resulted in an explosion that killed one sailor and injured another.Throughout the war in Ukraine, Kyiv has had to counter Iranian-designed drones deployed by Moscow. 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