Tehran, May 2 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei, on Sunday, strongly condemned US President Donald Trump's "We're like pirates" remarks, and accused Washington of normalising "piracy" at sea, with the seizure of Iranian vessels.

In a post on X, Baghaei said that the US President has "openly described the unlawful seizure of Iranian vessels as 'piracy', brazenly boasting that 'we act like pirates'", adding that this was "no verbal slip" but "a direct and damning admission of the criminal nature of their actions against international maritime navigation."

He further called on the international community, United Nations member states, and the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, to "firmly reject any normalisation ...