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South China Morning Post
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- South China Morning Post
Russia urges US not to attack Iran, warns world ‘millimetres' from nuclear calamity
Russia is telling the United States not to strike Iran because it would radically destabilise the Middle East, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday, and Moscow said Israeli strikes risked triggering a nuclear catastrophe. Advertisement Russia signed a strategic partnership with Iran in January and also has a relationship with Israel, although it has been strained by Moscow's war in Ukraine. A Russian offer to mediate in the Israel-Iran conflict has not been taken up. Ryabkov, speaking on the sidelines of an economic forum in St. Petersburg, told Interfax news agency that Moscow was urging Washington to refrain from direct involvement. 'This would be a step that would radically destabilise the entire situation,' Interfax cited Ryabkov as saying, and criticising such 'speculative, conjectural options'. The head of Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service, Sergei Naryshkin, has said the situation between Iran and Israel is now critical, and foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear infrastructure meant the world was 'millimetres' from catastrophe. Advertisement 'Nuclear facilities are being struck,' she said, adding that the UN nuclear safety watchdog had already noted specific damage.
The Standard
6 hours ago
- The Standard
National Games venues completed, fewest newly built
Iran warns of 'surprise' move to be 'remembered for centuries' as Middle East crisis deepens
South China Morning Post
7 hours ago
- South China Morning Post
China weighs strategic impact, trade ties as US mulls military response in Iran
China is likely to remain cautious about intervening in the escalating Israel-Iran conflict even if the US engages militarily, a prospect that would bring mixed results for Beijing, according to observers. Speculation over US intervention has grown since last Friday, following Israel's most intense strikes on Iran in decades. Washington has since sent an aircraft carrier from the South China Sea and deployed a large number of fighter and tanker aircraft to the Middle East. US President Donald Trump was also reportedly considering military action to target Iran's nuclear facilities. He recently demanded the ' unconditional surrender ' of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling him an 'easy target'. Play On Wednesday, China's foreign ministry expressed 'serious concerns' over the escalating conflict and urged countries who had 'special influence' over Israel – an apparent reference to the US – to play a 'constructive role' to ease tensions. '[China] opposes any behaviour that violates the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and infringes upon the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of other countries,' said ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun. 'Further escalation of tensions in the Middle East is not in the interests of any party. Countries that have a special influence on Israel should, in particular, uphold an objective and fair position and assume their due responsibilities, and play a positive and constructive role in easing the situation and preventing spillover of the conflict.' Beijing, which has close ties with Tehran, has also said that it was willing to broker peace between Iran and Israel.
