Tehran warns US over tankers, comments on Syria

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman on Monday warned that the Islamic Republic will react if the United States government makes any move against its tankers heading to Venezuela.

"What Americans stated regarding our oil tankers in various locations around the world is illegal and shameless," Abbas Mousavi said during a press conference in Tehran.

Five Iranian tankers likely carrying at least $45.5 million worth of gasoline and similar products are now sailing to Venezuela, part of a wider deal between the two U.S.-sanctioned nations amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington.

Mousavi added that Iran has no intention of pulling out of Syria.

He said Iran would stay for as long as the Syrian "government and nation" wanted them to.

Iran's presence in Syria was no business of the United States or Israel, he said.