MOSCOW, February 28. /TASS/. The strikes on Iran were planned under the guise of talks with Tehran, a tactic that the West has already tried with the Minsk agreements, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
"There was no talk of Iran withdrawing from the negotiations or taking any drastic steps, so these strikes were planned, as many people have said today, both here and abroad, under the guise of negotiations allegedly being conducted by those who carried out the strikes," she said on the Soloviev Live TV channel. "In other words, we are seeing this tactic again. It has already been tested and used for many years when Westerners talked about the Minsk agreements," the diplomat pointed out.
The spokeswoman recalled that, with regards to the Minsk agreements, the West had repeatedly said that "consultations are needed on how they are implemented, that Russia needs to comply with them even more, that negotiations are needed." "And then, they suddenly admitted that they had deceived everyone and were actually leading the way to the militarization of the Kiev regime," Zakharova recalled.
The US and Israel launched a military operation against Iran on Saturday. Major Iranian cities, including Tehran, have been hit. The White House justified the attack by citing alleged missile and nuclear threats from Iran.
