Russia condemns U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran as 'preplanned and unprovoked'
Mar 2nd 2026
Moscow denounced the U.S.-Israeli strikes as unprovoked aggression, warned of severe regional consequences, and offered to help broker peace while weighing its response amid shifting ties with Washington.
- Russia called the U.S.-Israel strikes a preplanned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign U.N. member state.
- Moscow warned the attacks risk a humanitarian, economic and possibly radiological catastrophe across the region.
- Russia said bombing nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards is unacceptable and placed responsibility for escalation on the United States and Israel.
- Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke with Iran's Abbas Araghchi, who said Iran would seek an urgent U.N. Security Council session.
- Kremlin spokesman said President Putin discussed the situation with the Security Council but gave no details on any response.
- Russia has deepened trade and military ties with Iran while also pursuing a recent warming with Washington that may influence its next steps.