They accuse Washington of increasing the risk of escalation because of Biden’s election hopes.
Russia and China have blamed the United States for recent airstrikes on targets in Iraq and Syria.
Both countries accused the United States of increasing the risk of regional escalation at a UN Security Council meeting late Monday. The Russian government also claimed that the US decision to launch the attack was related to the presidential election scheduled for November.
Russia, whose invasion of Ukraine has been the subject of intense debate at the Security Council for the past two years, is holding the Security Council meeting after the United States launched dozens of strikes against Iranian-aligned targets in Iraq and Syria. was requested. The attack followed a drone attack on a US military base in Jordan that killed three soldiers.
Moscow’s ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia, claimed the attack was an attempt by the US to “flex its muscles”. He argued at the Security Council that it was also prompted by a desire to influence the domestic political situation and strengthen the “dire” image of President Joe Biden’s administration.
Nebenzia added that the attack, which killed dozens of people, including civilians, shows the U.S. government’s complete disregard for international law. He also accused the United States of trying to draw Middle Eastern powers, including Iran, into regional conflicts.
Ally Syria joined Russia in pointing to U.S. domestic politics as a motive for the attack. Special envoy Qusay al-Dahak said Damascus province refuses to be used as a “campaign for American elections and a stage for displays of brutal force that undermine the principles of collective security.”
China also condemned the attack. Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jun similarly expressed concerns about escalating tensions.
“While the United States claims it has no intention of provoking conflict in the Middle East or elsewhere, it is actually doing quite the opposite.”
“There is no doubt that the actions of the U.S. military are causing new chaos in the region and further escalating tensions.”
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Iranian Ambassador Saeed Irabani said the US attack violated international law and called attention to the root cause of the current regional turmoil: the US-backed Israeli war in Gaza, which has killed more than 27,000 Palestinians. It said it showed a “desperate attempt” to deflect. .
“Claims that Iranian bases in Iraq and Syria were attacked are rejected as baseless and are seen as an attempt to divert attention from America’s aggressive actions,” he said.
“Who knows that the root cause of this region is the occupation, invasion, and continued genocide and horrific atrocities committed by the Israeli regime against innocent Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, with the full support of the United States? It’s obvious to my eyes.”
The U.S. government has linked attacks in Iraq and Syria to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has supported the Axis of Resistance, a group of like-minded political and armed groups against U.S. influence in the region, for decades. He said he had attacked the target.
The Iranian government said its support forces in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen were operating independently and had no role in the attack on the U.S. military base in northern Jordan.
The United States and Britain have also launched intensive attacks on Yemen. In Yemen, the Iranian-aligned Houthi movement is disrupting global shipping routes with the goal of stopping Israel’s war on Gaza.