Overview
- Peru announced the severing of formal diplomatic ties with Iran, a measure made effective on Tuesday and formalized by the Foreign Ministry’s Comunicado Oficial 014-26.
- The decision was communicated to Tehran by a diplomatic note delivered through Iran’s embassy in Ecuador, which holds concurrent accreditation to Peru.
- Peru said consular relations will remain in place under the Vienna Conventions so that each country can continue to receive and protect its nationals.
- Lima cited repeated concerns about repression of peaceful protest, limits on press freedom, discrimination against women, denial of IAEA inspections of nuclear sites, and interruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz since March 2026.
- Peru presented the action as a principled, legal posture in defense of democracy and international law and warned the navigation disruptions could raise energy costs and strain global supply chains.