The Israeli strikes on Iran are ‘completely unprovoked’ – Moscow.

Attacks on nuclear sites pose global risks and cannot be justified, according to Russia’s ambassador to the UN.

Russia’s envoy to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, has condemned Israel’s recent airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Speaking at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Friday, the diplomat said West Jerusalem was acting with impunity, backed by the West.

Israel launched the strikes on uranium enrichment sites in Iran on Friday and killed several senior commanders and scientists in targeted assassination operations. Tel Aviv claims the moves were preemptive steps to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

Iran, which denies pursuing a military nuclear program, responded by launching multiple volleys of ballistic missiles at Israeli cities, including Tel Aviv.

Nebenzia said Israel had intended to sabotage the indirect US-Iran nuclear talks, which had been scheduled to resume Sunday. Tehran has declared that the strikes have effectively ended any diplomatic pathway.

VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND UN CHARTER

‘This is a completely unprovoked attack – whatever Israel may claim to the contrary, and it constitutes a gross violation of the UN Charter and international law,’ Nebenzia said. ’Responsibility for all the consequences of these actions rests entirely with the Israeli leadership and those who condone them.’

He noted that Iran has the right to defend itself and pointed to Tehran’s previous commitment to the 2015 UN-backed nuclear deal, which the US abandoned during President Donald Trump’s first term. 

The Islamic Republic denied accusations of secretly violating the agreement at the time but has since ramped up uranium enrichment.

WESTERN ALLIANCE SUPPORT ENCOURAGES ISRAEL

The US and its allies ‘have been doing everything possible to fuel the escalation, and, essentially, they incited it,’ Nebenzia argued. The senior diplomat added that Western support had spurred Israel to take radical steps. 

He also raised alarms over the risk of radiation leaks from the targeted Iranian facilities and warned that no military solution can be either legitimate or viable.

Iran’s UN envoy, Amir-Saeid Iravani, described Israel’s attacks as a chilling display of calculated aggression that amounted to a declaration of war. 

He called for international action to disarm the Jewish state’s undeclared nuclear arsenal, which West Jerusalem has neither confirmed nor denied.

BRITAIN, FRANCE AND GERMANY FIGHTING FOR ISRAEL

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergei Ryabkov, commenting on Israel’s strikes on Iran, noted that Great Britain, France and Germany, instead of seeking a diplomatic solution to the situation, are pretending that Tehran is to blame itself.

‘Britain, France and Germany… should have redoubled their efforts to find a political and democratic solution, but now, without a twinge of conscience, they are presenting in such a way that Iran itself is to blame for the attack,’ TASS quotes him as saying.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Moscow unequivocally condemns Israel’s actions. He also expressed condolences to the leadership and people of Iran over the casualties caused by Israeli strikes.

TUCKER CARLSON OUTRAGED BY TRUMP’S SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL

US President Donald Trump’s support for Israel’s strikes in Iran could spark an all-out war in the Middle East, American journalist Tucker Carlson has warned.

In what he described as possibly his ’final newsletter before all-out war,’ Carlson, a key Trump ally during the 2024 presidential election, argued that the US was complicit in the act of war.

‘While the American military may not have physically perpetrated the assault, years of funding and sending weapons to Israel, which Donald Trump just bragged about on Truth Social, undeniably place the US at the center of last night’s events,’ Carlson wrote.

WASHINGTON COMPLICIT

‘Washington knew these attacks would happen. They aided Israel in carrying them out. Politicians purporting to be ‘America First’ can’t now credibly turn around and say they had nothing to do with it,’ he added.

In a post on X, Carlson contended that ’the real divide’ is not between supporters of Israel and Iran, but ’between warmongers and peacemakers.’

‘Who are the warmongers? They would include anyone who’s calling Donald Trump today to demand air strikes and other direct US military involvement in a war with Iran,’ he said.

WARMONGERS NAMED AND SHAMED

Carlson stated that the ’warmongers’ include talk show hosts Sean Hannity and Mark Levin, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and Republican donors Ike Perlmutter and Miriam Adelson.

While the US State Department has denied involvement in the strikes, Trump confirmed he had prior knowledge of the Israeli operation and praised the attacks as ’excellent.’ 

He blamed Iran for the hostilities and accused it of refusing to accept the terms of his proposed nuclear deal.

Addressing the UN Security Council, Iranian envoy Amir Saeid Iravani said the US and other Israeli allies share full responsibility for the consequences of Israel’s actions. TELL US WHAT YOU THINK

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