Putin vows to back Iran and condemns ‘groundless, unprovoked aggression’ following US strikes on nuclear facilities
Vladimir Putin today vowed to back Iran and condemned ‘groundless’ aggression against its ally after the U.S. joined Israel in striking nuclear facilities on Sunday.
‘This is an absolutely unprovoked aggression against Iran,’ Putin told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who travelled to Moscow seeking support in mediation.
Putin called recent strikes ‘unjustified’ and added that Russia was ‘making efforts to provide assistance to the Iranian people.’
Putin did not single out the US attacks, talking instead broadly of ‘strikes’ against Iran, though the Kremlin had earlier said it condemned and regretted the US strikes.
‘There has been a new escalation of tensions in the region, and, of course, we condemn this and express our deep regret in this regard,’ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, shortly before Putin met Araghchi in the Kremlin.
Araghchi on Monday thanked Putin for condemning the U.S. strikes on Iran, telling him Russia stood on ‘the right side of history’.
The crisis, now entering its 11th day, violently escalated on Sunday when the United States sent a fleet of stealth bombers to attack nuclear facilities across Iran.
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