Russia Security Council Official Says Other Nations Might Supply Iran With Nukes

A top Russian official warned Sunday that a number of foreign nations may now be prepared to directly supply Iran with nuclear warheads, following U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear infrastructure that escalated tensions across the Middle East.

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council and former president of Russia, made the explosive claim in a Telegram post, declaring that “a number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads.”

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Medvedev did not name which countries he was referring to. His warning came just hours after President Donald Trump ordered coordinated airstrikes on three major Iranian nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan — an operation the Pentagon called a “targeted preemptive action” to halt Iran’s nuclear weapons development.

“Trump, who came in as a peacemaker president, has started a new war for the U.S.,” Medvedev wrote, lambasting the strikes as strategically ineffective and politically disastrous.

According to the former Russian president, the targeted Iranian sites suffered only “minor damage,” and Iran’s ability to enrich nuclear material remains intact. “The enrichment of nuclear material — and now we can say it outright, the future production of nuclear weapons — will continue,” Medvedev claimed.

He also pointed to the growing regional instability, saying that Israel is “now living under constant threat” and warned that “a U.S. ground operation may soon be on the horizon.” (RELATED: Iran Says No Negotiations While Under Israeli Fire)

Medvedev also said that the American attack had politically backfired. “Iran’s political regime has survived — and in all likelihood, has come out even stronger,” he wrote, suggesting the strikes have rallied public support behind Iran’s ruling clerics.

In Istanbul, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit that he would fly to Moscow for “serious consultations” with Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday morning.

“Russia is a friend of Iran, we always consult with each other,” Araghchi said, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. “The strikes have crossed a very big red line by attacking nuclear facilities. We have to respond.”

The foreign minister also invoked Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, which allows member states to defend themselves in the event of armed attack.

Araghchi dismissed any hope of returning to U.S.-led nuclear negotiations.

“We were in the middle of diplomacy. We were in the middle of talks with the United States when Israelis blew it up,” he said, referencing an earlier Israeli air campaign that preceded the U.S. action.

He added that Iran was still engaged in talks with European counterparts in Geneva just two days before the strikes. “And again, this time, Americans decided to blow it up. They betrayed diplomacy.”

The Iranian diplomat said that Trump’s administration has disqualified itself from any future diplomatic process.

“They have proved that they are not men of diplomacy, and they only understand the language of threat and force. And this is very unfortunate,” he said.