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Russia said Sunday that it “strongly condemned” the United States’s bombings of nuclear sites in Iran, calling the attacks “irresponsible” and a “gross violation of international law”.
“It is already clear that a dangerous escalation has begun, fraught with further undermining of regional and global security,” the Russian foreign ministry added in a statement.
The sharp response came hours after Trump confirmed on Saturday that US forces had struck three major nuclear sites inside Iran. He warned that Tehran would face “more devastating attacks” unless it agrees to peace.
”Trump, who came in as a peacemaker president, has started a new war for the U.S.,” Medvedev wrote on his Telegram channel, adding that ”with this kind of success, Trump won’t win the Nobel Peace Prize”.
The sharp response came hours after Trump confirmed on Saturday that U.S. forces had struck three major nuclear sites inside Iran. He warned that Tehran would face “more devastating attacks” unless it agrees to peace.
The leader of Russia’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) Leonid Slutsky said the strikes ”had no military reason for the U.S. and cannot be justified under international law”.
”The consequences of the escalation threaten to go beyond the region. Washington understands the inevitability of Tehran’s response. All this brings the spiral of confrontation to a new level and increases the risks of World War III,” Slutsky, who heads the State Duma international affairs committee, wrote on Telegram.
Impact Shorts
More ShortsTrump’s intervention – despite his past pledges to avoid another “forever war” – threatens to dramatically widen the conflict, after Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign on Iran last week, with Tehran vowing to retaliate if Washington joined in.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused the United States of sabotaging diplomacy after talks with European powers.
“This week, we held talks with the E3/EU when the US decided to blow up that diplomacy,” he wrote on X.
Aragchi later told reporters in Istanbul the United States and Israel had “crossed a very big red line”, asserting Iran would continue to defend itself “by all means necessary”.
However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the US strikes, saying Trump’s decision to “target Iran’s nuclear facilities with the awesome and righteous might of the United States will change history”.
In response to the US attack, Iran’s armed forces said they targeted multiple sites in Israel including Ben Gurion airport, the country’s main international gateway near Tel Aviv.
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