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Iran says Ukrainian attack on vessel in Caspian Sea killed sailor

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July 25 (Reuters) - Iran'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. Zelenskiy had earlier said that Ukraine's forces struck a Russian warship and vessels used for transporting Iranian-linked military cargo in the Caspian Sea. The Ukrainian president, in subsequent remarks posted on X, said Kyiv had recorded since the beginning of July 'active Russian satellite surveillance of the Gulf states and U.S. military facilities located there. These images subsequently appear in Iran.' 'At the same time, there is a clear correlation between Russia's satellite imagery of these sites and Iranian strikes -- both before the attacks, in preparation for them, and afterward, to assess the damage inflicted,' Zelenskiy said. He said that on July 19 and 20 alone, Russian satellite observation had included four air bases: two in Bahrain, one in Jordan and one in Kuwait.