-Russia strongly condemns Israel's military action against Iran in violation of the UN Charter;
-Russia firmly believes that the settlement around the Iranian nuclear program cannot be resolved by military force;
-Unprovoked strikes on a sovereign state, its citizens, peaceful cities, and nuclear energy infrastructure facilities are unacceptable;
-Israel has made a conscious choice in favor of further escalation of tensions and raising the stakes;
-Due to Israeli attacks, efforts to resolve the situation regarding Iran's peaceful nuclear energy have been undermined and set back;
-Responsibility for all consequences of Israel's provocation against Iran will fall on the Israeli leadership;
-The Russian Federation expects that the West, which provoked anti-Iranian hysteria in the IAEA, will realize the results of its destructive course;
-IAEA employees, along with citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran, also found themselves under Israeli fire;
-The Russian Federation expects the IAEA Director General to provide balanced and objective assessments of what is happening in the Middle East;
-The Russian Federation calls on Israel and Iran to exercise restraint in order to prevent further escalation and the region's slide into a full-scale war.