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On Monday Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at the Kremlin to discuss the recent U.S. / Israeli strikes on nuclear targets within Iran. Putin expressed opposition to the West’s military operations against the Islamic country.
“During the meeting, Putin described the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure as ‘unprovoked aggression,’ for which ‘there can be no justification.’ The actions of Israel and the U.S. are ‘illegitimate’ and violate international norms, he insisted,” RT said Monday.
The latest escalation in the conflict came when Washington dropped bunker buster bombs on the Fordow and Natanz nuclear enrichment sites and hit the Esfahan nuclear enrichment site with more than two dozen submarine-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles.
Following this attack, Araghchi condemned Washington’s operation as a violation of all international treaties, saying that “Iran reserves all options to defend its sovereignty, interests, and people.”
Moscow also condemned President Donald Trump’s attack, referred to as ‘Operation Midnight Hammer’.
“The irresponsible decision to subject the territory of a sovereign state to missile and bomb strikes, no matter what arguments are presented, is a gross violation of international law, the UN Charter, and UN Security Council resolutions, which have previously unequivocally classified such actions as unacceptable,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Notably, Russia has a defense and economic treaty with Iran.
