Lavrov called the attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities a violation of UN and IAEA resolutions.

The attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities violated the Charter of the United Nations (UN) and resolutions of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). This was stated on June 24 by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking at the XI Primakov Readings International Forum.

"The escalation of tension in the Middle East as a result of the military action by Israel and the United States against Iran, including the facilities of its peaceful nuclear program, was done in gross violation of the UN Charter, the IAEA Charter, UN resolutions, and the same IAEA, which requires not to touch peaceful nuclear facilities, and generally the same is required by generally accepted norms. international law," he said.

According to Lavrov, statements by states about the right to self-defense would not be misleading, as there was not a single suspicion related to Iran's planned attack on Israel. He also noted that international law does not support the preventive use of force against a country that attacked someone who did not want to use force.

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On June 22, the Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the US attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities. The agency called this decision a gross one, which also violated the UN Charter.