Tehran, April 23 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that "aggressors" (US and Israel) are fully responsible for any instability in the Strait of Hormuz, amid the rising tensions in the Gulf region, as reported by Iranian state media Press TV.

According to Press TV, Araghchi made the statement during a meeting with the South Korea FM's Special Envoy Chung Byung-ha in Tehran on Wednesday, where he linked the current security situation to actions by the United States and Israel.

He said, "Iran, as a littoral state of the Strait of Hormuz, has adopted measures in accordance with international law and its domestic regulations to safeguard Iran's security and national interests against the US's and the Zionist regime's aggress...