Russia accused the U.S. of having “opened a Pandora’s box” with its strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
President Donald Trump gave the go-ahead on Saturday, June 21, for the U.S. to bomb three Iranian nuclear sites, including the Fordow uranium enrichment plant buried deep in a mountain.
The strikes involved the U.S. directly in Israel’s ongoing war against Iran. Israel and the U.S. acted to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Iran said it does not seek to build a nuclear bomb and that its facilities are for nuclear energy.
At a United Nations Security Council meeting on Sunday, June 22, Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said that Washington “yet again demonstrated its complete contempt for the position of the international community.”
“Washington reasserted that, to further the interests of its Israeli ally, it’s prepared not only to turn a blind eye to the killings of tens of thousands of Palestinian women, children, and older persons but also to gamble with the safety and well-being of humanity as a whole,” Nebenzia said, referring to the war in Gaza.
“Through their actions, the US has opened a Pandora’s box. No one knows what new catastrophes and suffering it will bring.”
Iran has vowed to respond forcefully and said U.S. targets in the region are now legitimate as a consequence of the strikes. It also warned of a regional war.
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