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Russia accuses US of viewing Europe as potential nuclear battlefield

Russian Ambassador-at-large Andrey Belousov on Sunday accused the United States of viewing Europe as a potential nuclear battlefield. Speaking in an interview with the Russian RT TV channel, Belousov said the persistence with which Washington is trying to initiate discussions on Russian non-strategic nuclear weapons suggests that the US is seriously considering the possibility of using nuclear weapons in the European theatre of operations. "And, essentially, they view Europe as such a potential military theatre," he said. Belousov argued that by urging Russia to engage in a dialogue on non-strategic nuclear arsenal, the US is trying to divert international attention from the risks posed by American nuclear weapons deployed in Europe and Washington’s broader missile and nuclear programs. Read: Revolver gift leaves NATO leaders with dilemma The official said obtaining information about Russia’s non-strategic nuclear weapons through greater transpa...
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Iran's supreme leader urges Gulf rulers in written message to confront 'real enemy'

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei urged Muslim countries, particularly those in the Gulf, to unite against what ​he called their "real enemy" and said divisions among Muslims served ‌the interests of their adversaries. The message was published on Mojtaba's Telegram account for Islamic Unity Week, which marks the birth anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). It called for Muslim ​unity, cooperation in various fields and mutual defence, saying anyone ​who creates divisions among Muslims, "knowingly or unknowingly," helps Islam's enemies. He asked whether Palestinians would have been left "so helpless" if Muslims had ​been united. Mojtaba has not been seen in public since being injured in US-Israeli ​airstrikes six months ago that launched the Iran war, killing his father and previous supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Read: Iran signals no retreat amid US sanctions His call for unity echoes a statement he made on Friday ​to Iranians, when he said he had banned actions that harm ​social cohesion and urged authorities to avoid "discouraging statements" that weaken national and public morale. Mojtaba specifically ⁠asked Gulf Arab rulers whether "rogues without identity" would have dared to covet their lands and possessions if the peoples and governments of the Gulf had been "united under the flag of Islam." Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, ​Gulf Arab monarchies ​have viewed Iran's ⁠revolutionary ideology, including its anti-monarchic rhetoric and regional influence, as a threat to their political systems. Read more: 'US is not talking with Iran' as economic war in focus During the present ​conflict, Tehran has struck US military facilities as ​well as ⁠other infrastructure in Gulf states, underscoring the tensions between Tehran and its Gulf neighbours. "My emphatic and repeated recommendation to the rulers of Islamic countries, ⁠especially the ​countries of West Asia and the Gulf, ​is to identify your real enemy, understand his plan and confront it," Mojtaba said.

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