Russian leader claims multiple countries prepped to provide Iran nuclear weapons following US strikes

Russia's erstwhile president said that aggregate countries are poised to supply Iran with atomic warheads aft the U.S. launched strikes against three Iranian atomic facilities.

"The enrichment of atomic worldly — and, present we tin accidental it outright, the aboriginal accumulation of atomic weapons — volition continue," Dmitry Medvedev, present the lawman president of the Security Council of Russia, said successful a Sunday X post. 

"A fig of countries are acceptable to straight proviso Iran with their ain atomic warheads," Medvedev said. 

Medvedev did not database circumstantial countries that mightiness transportation successful and enactment Iran. However, Russia historically has backed Iran's atomic program. Russian President Vladimir Putin besides offered to mediate bid talks betwixt Iran and Israel connected Wednesday. 

Moscow besides has offered to intervene and assistance negociate a atomic woody betwixt the U.S. and Iran. 

Moscow was progressive successful the 2015 Iran deal, known arsenic the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The statement lifted sanctions connected Iran successful speech for limits connected Iran’s atomic program, but Trump withdrew from the woody successful 2018. 

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Iran's Fordow atomic site, left; stealth bomber B-2, right (Reuters; Getty)

Medvedev’s comments came aft the U.S. launched strikes precocious Saturday targeting cardinal Iranian atomic facilities: Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. The ngo progressive much than 125 U.S. aircraft, including B-2 stealth bombers, according to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine. 

President Donald Trump had said for days that helium was deliberating whether helium would behaviour strikes against those sites. 

The White House and the State Department did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital regarding Medvedev's statements. 

Meanwhile, Russia's Foreign Ministry claimed the strikes violated planetary instrumentality and called for an "end to aggression." 

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, right, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. (Getty Images)

"The irresponsible determination to taxable the territory of a sovereign authorities to rocket and weaponry attacks, immoderate the arguments it whitethorn beryllium presented with, flagrantly violates planetary law, the Charter of the United Nations and the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council," Russia’s Foreign Ministry said successful a connection Sunday. 

Prior to the strikes, Iran cautioned that the U.S. volition endure if it chooses to go progressive successful the conflict, and antecedently issued retaliatory strikes against bases wherever U.S. troops were housed aft the U.S. killed a apical Iranian wide successful 2020. 

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends the gathering of North Atlantic Council defence ministers during the NATO defence ministers' gathering astatine the NATO office connected June 5, 2025, successful Brussels.  (Omar Havana)

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told reporters Sunday that the U.S. would enactment with allies successful the portion to assistance successful unit extortion successful the aftermath of the strikes. 

"We surely recognize the challenges of allies successful the region," Hegseth said. "And, we person been respectful and successful moving successful collaboration with them arsenic it pertains to basing and sensitivities there." 

"Ultimately, they've got a batch of assets and radical successful those locations besides wherever American troops are co-located. So, that’s a information of ours."