Zakharova said the United States was irresponsibly escalating the situation around Iran.

The United States is irresponsibly escalating the situation around Iran. This was announced on February 26 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

"We see incessant threats against Tehran, saber-rattling, and intimidation. Washington's irresponsible escalation of regional tensions," she said during a briefing.

According to Zakharova, despite this, Moscow and Tehran will continue to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation.

The deadly beauty of the East: US policy will be threatened by an attack on Iran

An international conflict could cause a major split within the Republican Party.

The third round of indirect Iranian-American negotiations on the nuclear dossier started on February 26 with the mediation of Oman in Geneva. The Iranian delegation was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Abbas Araqchi, and the American delegation was headed by the special envoy of the head of the White House Stephen Witkoff.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on February 19 that Russia sees an "unprecedented escalation" around Iran and hopes for a diplomatic solution to the conflict with the United States.

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