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Russia’s former president mentioned that a number of nations are poised to offer Iran with nuclear warheads after the U.S. launched strikes towards three Iranian nuclear amenities.
“The enrichment of nuclear materials — and, now we will say it outright, the longer term manufacturing of nuclear weapons — will proceed,” Dmitry Medvedev, now the deputy chairman of the Safety Council of Russia, mentioned in a Sunday X submit.
“Quite a lot of nations are able to immediately provide Iran with their very own nuclear warheads,” Medvedev mentioned.
Medvedev didn’t record particular nations that may pitch in and help Iran. Nevertheless, Russia traditionally has backed Iran’s nuclear program. Russian President Vladimir Putin additionally supplied to mediate peace talks between Iran and Israel on Wednesday.
Moscow additionally has supplied to intervene and assist negotiate a nuclear deal between the U.S. and Iran.
Moscow was concerned within the 2015 Iran deal, often called the Joint Complete Plan of Motion. The settlement lifted sanctions on Iran in trade for limits on Iran’s nuclear program, however Trump withdrew from the deal in 2018.
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Iran’s Fordow nuclear website, left; stealth bomber B-2, proper (Reuters; Getty)
Medvedev’s feedback got here after the U.S. launched strikes late Saturday focusing on key Iranian nuclear amenities: Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. The mission concerned greater than 125 U.S. plane, together with B-2 stealth bombers, in keeping with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Employees Gen. Dan Caine.
President Donald Trump had mentioned for days that he was deliberating whether or not he would conduct strikes towards these websites.
The White Home and the State Division didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from Fox Information Digital concerning Medvedev’s statements.
In the meantime, Russia’s International Ministry claimed the strikes violated worldwide legislation and known as for an “finish to aggression.”
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Employees Gen. Dan Caine, proper, and Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth. (Getty Photographs)
“The irresponsible determination to topic the territory of a sovereign state to missile and bomb assaults, regardless of the arguments it could be introduced with, flagrantly violates worldwide legislation, the Constitution of the United Nations and the resolutions of the United Nations Safety Council,” Russia’s International Ministry mentioned in an announcement Sunday.
Previous to the strikes, Iran cautioned that the U.S. will undergo if it chooses to change into concerned within the battle, and beforehand issued retaliatory strikes towards bases the place U.S. troops have been housed after the U.S. killed a prime Iranian common in 2020.
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Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth attends the assembly of North Atlantic Council protection ministers throughout the NATO protection ministers’ assembly on the NATO headquarters on June 5, 2025, in Brussels. (Omar Havana)
Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth informed reporters Sunday that the U.S. would work with allies within the area to help in pressure safety within the aftermath of the strikes.
“We definitely perceive the challenges of allies within the area,” Hegseth mentioned. “And, we now have been respectful and in working in collaboration with them because it pertains to basing and sensitivities there.”
“Finally, they have loads of belongings and other people in these places additionally the place American troops are co-located. So, that’s a consideration of ours.”
