US EditionIran strikes out as Russia and China stand aside
Russian state TV accuses U.S. and Israel of using diplomacy to mask strikes on Iran, calling them war crimes and warning Russia could face similar tactics, hosts said.
- Russian state television hosts denounced U.S.-Israeli strikes as 'war crimes', accusing Washington of masking military action and warning such tactics could target Russia.
- President Vladimir Putin has chosen restraint, condemning the strikes as cynical and murderous while avoiding military response to maintain leverage as mediator and divert U.S. focus from Ukraine.
- Reportedly, Moscow has already supplied Iran with electronic jamming, counter-satellite systems last month, shared real-time satellite intelligence, and provided 500 'Verba' launchers plus 2,500 '9M336' missiles.
- Tehran's response has widened the war, firing missiles that reached nearby countries and disrupting energy infrastructure, while Strait of Hormuz shipping paralysis affects 20 per cent of global oil flows and benefits Moscow.
- Moscow is using the crisis to recast itself as a mediator, exploiting higher energy prices and U.S. distraction to strengthen its war economy while preserving flexibility toward any future Iranian government.
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Isolated and under fire: Iran strikes out as Russia and China stand aside
With its supreme leader killed and its war machine under relentless U.S. pressure, Iran now stands largely alone - its longtime partners Russia and China offering nothing more than diplomatic condemnations and expressions of concern.
Despite a long period of treatment as a partner to the West and isolated by the American sanctions, the revolutionary Islamic government of Iran maintained diplomatic, commercial and military relations with several countries. With India and Turkey, the approaches are for trade and security issues. China continues to look at low-cost oil. North Korea, Venezuela and Russia considered the country an ally in the armies with the West and committed to…
In the Middle East, chaos is Putin's new ally
If anyone was worried that Russia was going to intervene on behalf of its ally Iran in the new Middle East conflict, they need not be. Vladimir Putin's response to the massive U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran — and even the Israeli strike that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's longtime Supreme Leader — was at best bland. He called the U.S. and Israeli strikes "cynical" and murderous, but issued neither threats, nor red lines, nor commitmen…
Russian State Media Slam U.S.-Israeli 'War Crimes' in Iran
Russian state television hosts have denounced U.S.-Israeli strikes on Moscow’s ally Iran as “war crimes,” accusing Washington of using diplomacy as cover for military action and warning that similar tactics could one day be deployed against Russia.
Countrywide protests slam U.S. war on Iran
As of this writing, U.S. and Israeli airstrikes have murdered over 555 Iranians. One Zionist airstrike alone, on an elementary school in Minab, massacred at least 165 schoolchildren. The death toll continues to rise and now includes at least four U.S. military personnel. But the U.S. antiwar mov
Newsom Accuses U.S., Israel Of Killing ‘Young Girls’ In Iran — With No Confirmed Evidence
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing scrutiny after sharply criticizing the U.S. operation in Iran, asserting that American or Israeli strikes “killed children, young girls at a school,” a claim for which there is currently no independent verification.At a Monday press briefing, Newsom questioned President Donald Trump’s justification for the strikes, asking what “imminent threat” prompted the action. He went further, stating: “We have to reco
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