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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, March 13 /Xinhua/ — Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Thursday that military actions by the United States and Israel in the Middle East must be immediately stopped.
“It is necessary to immediately stop military actions that threaten catastrophe, including environmental and radiological ones, for the entire region, and return to the search for diplomatic solutions,” she said.
M. Zakharova noted that the humanitarian situation in the Middle East is extremely grave. "After all, the death toll from Washington and Tel Aviv's illegal military action among Iranian civilians, according to authorities, is in the thousands. Despite the clumsy attempts to cover up the situation and the aggressors' flimsy justifications, the international community is increasingly becoming aware, and more and more officially confirmed information is being provided to those monitoring the situation, about the barbaric bombings of the girls' primary school in Minab, Payam-e Noor University in Tehran, and other targets," she stated. "Civilian infrastructure is being destroyed, including foreign diplomatic and consular offices in Iran," Zakharova added.
According to her, on March 7, "Americans and Israelis shelled and set fire to three oil storage facilities in Tehran and its suburbs." "As a result, a huge volume of harmful hydrocarbon compounds, sulfur, and nitrogen oxides was released into the atmosphere. The oil entered the city's sewers and spread throughout the city. Acid rain is observed. Millions of city residents are exposed to a toxic environment. The impact of these chemicals on air, water, food, flora, and fauna will have a long-term negative and destructive impact," the diplomat emphasized.
As the Foreign Ministry spokesperson noted, the US and Israeli military adventure against Iran has destabilized the entire Middle East. "The fighting has affected the territories of many Arab states in the Persian Gulf, leading to grave humanitarian consequences," she stated.
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