Russian FM: Despite unsubstantiated claims by US President, highly dangerous strike carried out near Bushehr

Despite unsubstantiated assurances by US President Donald Trump that on March 23 he had ordered a five-day suspension of attacks on Iran’s energy infrastructure, a new highly dangerous strike was carried out on March 24 in the immediate vicinity of Unit 1 of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The ministry emphasized that it is “extremely outraged by this reckless, irresponsible manifestation of a destructive course.”

“It appears that the aggressors are deliberately seeking to provoke a large-scale nuclear catastrophe in the region in order to conceal and justify their criminal actions, which have already resulted in numerous innocent civilian casualties among the Iranian population.

In Washington and West Jerusalem, they should understand no less than we do that a strike on the Bushehr nuclear power plant would inevitably lead to irreversible humanitarian and environmental consequences. Only by sheer luck has a tragedy not yet occurred. However, strikes are being carried out ever closer to the operating unit. The lives of the plant’s personnel, including Russian specialists, are under constant threat. This is categorically unacceptable to us.

We demand that those who have recklessly, irresponsibly and unjustifiably attacked Iran return to reason, cease their unprovoked aggression, including strikes on Iran’s nuclear energy infrastructure covered by the IAEA comprehensive safeguards agreement, as well as facilities located in its immediate vicinity.

We expect a clear, unequivocal position and decisive action from the IAEA, the United Nations, and their leadership in order to prevent further such attacks,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said.