They accuse Washington of elevating the danger of escalation in service of Biden’s election hopes.
Russia and China have slammed the US for its current air strikes on targets in Iraq and Syria.
The 2 international locations accused Washington of elevating the danger of regional escalation at a gathering of the United Nations Safety Council late on Monday. Moscow additionally asserted that the US determination to launch the assaults was linked to the upcoming presidential election in November.
Russia, whose invasion of Ukraine has been the subject of bitter debate on the UNSC over the previous two years, had requested the council assembly after the US launched dozens of strikes towards Iran-aligned targets in Iraq and Syria. The assaults adopted a drone strike on a US base in Jordan that killed three soldiers.
Moscow’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia alleged that the strikes were a US attempt to “flex its muscles”. It was also fuelled, he claimed at the UNSC, by a desire to influence its domestic political landscape and shore up the “disastrous” image of President Joe Biden’s administration.
The attacks, which killed several dozen people, including civilians, demonstrate Washington’s complete disregard for international law, Nebenzia added. He also accused the US of seeking to draw Middle Eastern powers, including Iran, into a regional conflict.
Ally Syria joined Russia in pointing at domestic US politics as a motive for the strikes. Envoy Koussay Aldahhak said Damascus rejects states being used as a “platform for US election campaigns and for displaying a brute force that undermines the principles of collective security”.
China also condemned the attacks. Beijing’s ambassador Zhang Jun echoed the concern about escalating tensions.
“The US purports that it does not seek to create conflicts in the Middle East or anywhere else, but in reality, it does precisely the opposite,” he said.
“The US military actions are undoubtedly stoking new turmoil in this region and further intensifying tensions.”
Distraction
Saeid Iravani, the ambassador for Iran, mentioned the US assaults had violated worldwide regulation and displayed a “determined try” to distract consideration away from the foundation explanation for present regional turmoil – Israel’s US-backed war on Gaza that has killed greater than 27,000 Palestinians.
“Claims that Iran’s bases in Iraq and Syria have been attacked are rejected as unfounded and thought to be makes an attempt to shift consideration away from the US aggressive actions,” he mentioned.
“It’s evident to everybody that the foundation causes within the area are occupation, aggression and continued genocide and horrific atrocities dedicated by Israeli regime, and absolutely supported by the US, towards harmless Palestinians within the Gaza Strip and West Financial institution.”
Washington mentioned its assaults in Iraq and Syria hit targets linked with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has spent many years supporting an “axis of resistance” of like-minded political and armed teams towards US affect within the area.
Tehran says its supported forces in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen operate independently and it performed no position within the assault on the US base in northern Jordan.
The US and the UK have additionally been launching barrages of attacks on Yemen, the place the Iran-aligned Houthi motion has been disrupting international delivery routes with the said objective of stopping Israel’s struggle on Gaza.
