Lavrov, in a conversation with Wang Yi, declared the inadmissibility of external overthrow of the authorities.

The Foreign Ministers of Russia and China, Sergey Lavrov and Wang Yi, during a telephone conversation on March 1, condemned the massive military strikes by the United States and Israel on the territory of Iran. This was reported by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

"The foreign ministers of the two countries condemned the massive military strikes by the United States and Israel on the territory of Iran, carried out despite Tehran's openness to dialogue. They stressed that such acts of aggression grossly violate the norms of international law and the basic principles of the UN Charter, and destabilize the situation in the entire region. The inadmissibility of the course of overthrowing the legitimately elected authorities of sovereign states was emphasized," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on its website.

Lavrov and Wang Yi called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and the need for a political and diplomatic settlement of issues related to the Iranian dossier, taking into account the legitimate security interests of all Gulf states.

The ministers emphasized the unity of the positions of Moscow and Beijing at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council and expressed their readiness to coordinate actions within the framework of the UN Security Council, the IAEA, the SCO and the Group of Friends in defense of the UN Charter.

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Among the possible candidates for the post is the son of a former riding leader and a descendant of the deposed shah.

On February 28, the United States and Israel launched a large-scale military operation in Iran. Trump called her goal "protecting the American people."

As part of the Israeli-American Operation Lion's Roar, which used the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and dozens of Tomahawk cruise missiles, military installations in western Iran, the residence of the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as an elementary school in the city of Minab were hit.

In response, Iran launched Operation True Promise 4 and attacked American military bases in the Middle East, as well as Israeli cities. The UAE, Bahrain, Iraq, Oman and other Persian Gulf countries were affected by the Iranian attacks.

Later, on March 1, it became known that the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed as a result of Israeli attacks. The Iranian government has declared national mourning. An interim governing council has been established in the country, and it has already begun its work. Iranian President Masoud Peseshkian has vowed to avenge Khamenei's death. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences over the death of the Iranian leader and condemned the assassination.

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