Iran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi warned Sunday that any attempt to bypass the Strait of Hormuz routes agreed with the United States would “increase tensions” in the Middle East, as the countries traded attacks and accusations of violating a fragile ceasefire in the region.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“Any attempt to adopt new or separate arrangements compared to what is underway by the Islamic Republic of Iran, will only lead to more complicated situations and delays in the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and will increase the tensions, as we witnessed in the past two nights,” Araghchi told joint press conference in the Iraqi capital Baghdad with his Iraqi counterpart, Fuad Hussein.Vessels have continued to use a non-Iranian-approved passage in the strategic waterway, tracking platforms showed Friday.The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said a day earlier that Oman and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced the new corridor without consulting Tehran, and warned vessels against using it.Araghchi’s warning came after the US military said it carried out new strikes Saturday on multiple targets in Iran, in response to a fresh attack on a ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz.Tehran responded with launching strikes against Bahrain and Kuwait.The recent clashes have tested the negotiating process meant to end a war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28.Araghchi called on all parties to “adhere to the memorandum of understanding and not to allow this MoU to deviate from its course.”Iran’s top diplomat said that “we should reach a new framework that includes all countries in the region and without the presence or interference of any country from outside the region.”Hussein told his Iranian counterpart that it was important to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and lift the US naval blockade on Iran.Iraq does not support expanding the scale of the war on the Gulf states, and does not back attacks on Iran, Hussein added.With agencies Read more: Iran says determined to defend sovereignty against US aggression