The attack on Iran is an unprecedented disregard for international law, said the Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergei Shoigu, quoted by TASS, BTA reported.
"We are dealing with a completely unprecedented disregard for all international law", said Shoigu and noted that we are talking about laws written based on the results of the First and Second World Wars. "The UN today does not have the voice it had 15-20 years ago," added the Secretary of the Russian Security Council.
"As I have already said, the main thing is that the security architecture is being destroyed. And in all directions. Especially from those who today started this completely unjustified and very dangerous war, without having a clear understanding of what it could lead to," Shoigu also said. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz leads to losses of $7 billion every day, the Russian politician pointed out.
"We maintain constant contact with Tehran and the Persian Gulf countries. We consider the spread of the conflict and the increase in casualties absolutely unacceptable. We are ready to take an active position in the process of peaceful settlement of the Middle East," Shoigu stressed.
Russia announced earlier today that it had evacuated the wives and children of its diplomatic staff from the embassy in Iran, which was the target of massive bombing by Israel and the United States, Agence France-Presse reported.
"On March 3 and 4, we evacuated our wives and children from Iran to Russia," the Russian diplomatic mission in Tehran announced on the "Telegram" application.
The main employees of the Russian diplomatic mission in Iran will not leave the country, the embassy specified. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko confirmed this information, quoted by TASS, stating that "the main part (of the staff) remains in the embassy"
"The full evacuation of the Russian embassy in Iran is not planned for now, everything will depend on the further development of the situation," Rudenko added.