Russia warned on Tuesday that the struggle launched by the U.S. and Israel against Iran could presumably presumably result in the very they were in the hunt for to forestall, by spurring both Iran and its Arab neighbours to explore to construct nuclear weapons.
U.S. President Donald Trump cited Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons – something Tehran denies – as one of the the clarification why the United States and Israel launched assaults on Saturday that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, igniting a struggle that has unfold all over the Middle East.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the logical final result shall be that “forces will emerge in Iran… in favour of doing exactly what the Americans want to avoid – acquiring a nuclear bomb. Because the U.S. doesn’t attack those who have nuclear bombs.”
Lavrov told a press conference that Arab worldwide locations could presumably presumably furthermore be a part of the shuffle to originate a bomb. The risk became once now rising that “the nuclear proliferation problem will begin to spiral out of control”, he said.
“The seemingly paradoxical declared noble goal of starting a war to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons could stimulate completely opposite trends.”
He said Moscow had aloof seen no evidence that Iran became once rising nuclear weapons. Israel is widely seen because the keep aside’s most life like possible nuclear-armed deliver, which it neither confirms nor denies.
Russia has terminate ties with Iran, which it sees as distinguished to asserting its influence in the Middle East, especially since their mutual ally, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, became once toppled in December 2024.
President Vladimir Putin has called Khamenei’s killing a cynical murder. Moscow has urged an instantaneous discontinuance of hostilities.
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Putin, who spoke with Gulf Arab leaders on Monday, would bring to Iran their concerns about its military strikes on them since the struggle started.
“Putin will certainly make every effort to contribute to at least a slight easing of tensions,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told newshounds.
