US and Israeli strikes on Iran violate international law - Lukashenko

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Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:52 UTC

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko

Such attacks could pose a danger to people all over the globe, the Belarusian leader has said.

The US and Israel have brazenly violated a host of international agreements by striking Iranian nuclear facilities, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said. He warned that consequences of such actions could have been catastrophic.

Israel launched strikes on Iran's nuclear and military infrastructure on June 13, a day after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) passed a resolution declaring Iran to be in breach of its Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) obligations - something that Tehran has denied. Last week, the US carried out airstrikes targeting three Iranian nuclear facilities as well.

"The recent strikes on the Iranian nuclear facilities under the control of the IAEA are violating the norms of the international law in the most dangerous way," the Belarusian leader told a summit of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) on Friday.

Minsk is particularly aware of the potential consequences of such actions, the president said, citing the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, which caused vast territories to be contaminated with radioactive materials thrown into the atmosphere following an explosion at a Soviet nuclear power plant.

"Radioactive fallout was registered even in the UK, Germany and Sweden at the time," Lukashenko noted. The US and Israel apparently believe they would be spared the same fate for some reason.

The president also expressed his support to Iran and its people, wishing them to "overcome all the difficulties" caused by the attacks. "I want you to know that you are not alone in your resistance."

His words came a day after Moscow said that Washington's and West Jerusalem's actions dealt "colossal damage" to the IAEA and put its very credibility in question. An agency responsible for the global verification system for various nation's nuclear activities was used "as a source of information for planning the bombing," the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at the time.

The attacks posed "real obstacles" to implementing agreements between the IAEA and Tehran, she warned. The Iranian Parliament has voted to suspend cooperation with the IAEA until Iran is given security guarantees for its nuclear facilities.

Comment: More than nuclear damage done:

According to Maria Zakharova:
The US and Israel have undermined the credibility of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by using the agency's information to plan attacks on Iranian nuclear sites.

"The fact that Iranian nuclear facilities under the control of the IAEA have become targets for American and Israeli missiles is an open challenge to the NPT. The attacks posed real obstacles to implementing agreements between the IAEA and Tehran.

"The credibility of the agency's global verification system, which was used as a source of information for planning the bombing, is in question.

"The UN nuclear watchdog's own resolutions declare attacks on nuclear sites illegal under international law.

"The attacks posed "real obstacles" to implementing agreements between the IAEA and Tehran.Therefore, the US and Israel are "responsible for colossal damage to the IAEA's activities, no matter how hard they try to blame Tehran."

According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov:

"European leaders pressured IAEA chief Rafael Grossi into publishing a negative report on Iran, which was later used to justify an IAEA Board of Governors resolution accusing the Islamic Republic of breaking the NPT. The West exerts very serious influence on international organizations, and most of these bodies are no longer unbiased."

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said:

"Twenty years of transparency and trust-building regarding Iran's peaceful nuclear program have not yielded results, and this issue will be addressed."