Russia’s foreign minister warned on Monday that any military strike against Iran would be a grave mistake with unpredictable consequences, ahead of a report expected to be released this week by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency showing that Tehran has mastered the critical steps needed to build a nuclear weapon.
According to intelligence provided to the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency, the IAEA, Iran appears to have received crucial technical assistance from foreign experts, the Washington Post reported, citing Western diplomats and nuclear experts briefed on the findings by the IAEA.
The Israeli media has been rife with speculation that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is working to secure cabinet consensus for an attack on Iranian nuclear installations.
“This would be a very serious mistake fraught with unpredictable consequences,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said when asked about reports that Israel planned a military strike against Iran.
Lavrov said there could be no military resolution to the Iranian nuclear problem and said the conflicts in Iran’s neighbors, Iraq and Afghanistan, had led to human suffering and high numbers of casualties.
A raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities would be likely to provoke Tehran into hugely disruptive retaliatory measures in the Gulf that would sever shipping routes and disrupt the flow of oil and gas to export markets, political analysts believe.
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Israel and the west disgust me! Who gave them the right to decide which country should be able to defend itself? They all have nuclear weapons and yet they want war if anyone not considered to protect their interests should attempt to protect themselves. The US, NATO, and Israel are run by a bunch of psychopaths committed to constant acts of war and terrorism, all capable of pressing a button that could end life as we know it at any moment. And they want us to believe that Iran, a country that hasn’t attacked anyone in at least 100 years, is a menace? Give me a break!!!
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