Elena Teslova
27 April 2026•Update: 28 April 2026
The US and Israeli military operation against Iran is "a flagrant and unprecedented act that will have far-reaching consequences" for the non-proliferation regime, Russian Special Envoy Andrey Belousov said on Monday.
Speaking in an interview with Russia’s state RIA news agency, Belousov said the Russian delegation plans to raise the issue at the conference on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which opens in New York on Monday.
"A military operation carried out by a nuclear state, jointly with and in the interests of a state that demonstratively ignores the NPT, and carried out bypassing the UN Security Council - the only internationally recognized body authorized to make such decisions - is in itself a flagrant and unprecedented act," he stressed.
He warned that it will have "far-reaching consequences both for cooperation within the NPT framework and for international relations as a whole."
"The bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities has caused serious damage to the authority of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its safeguards system, which are among the key supporting elements of the entire structure of agreements embodied in the NPT," he remarked.
According to him, the US and Israel also violated Iran's "inalienable right" to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
"Mentioning even these three aspects is sufficient to grasp the scale of what Israel and the United States have done. We hope that during the upcoming forum, an appropriate assessment will be given to the aggressive and in every respect reckless actions of the Israeli-American 'duo'," he said.
Regional tensions have escalated since the US and Israel launched a joint offensive against Iran on Feb. 28, killing more than 3,300 people.
Tehran retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel and Arab countries hosting US assets.
Washington and Tehran held talks in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, two weeks ago but failed to reach an agreement to end their conflict.
Those negotiations came after Pakistan brokered a two-week ceasefire on April 8, which was later extended by US President Donald Trump.
While efforts toward another round of talks are underway, sticking points are said to include the Strait of Hormuz, the US blockade of Iranian ports, and Iran’s enriched uranium.
