News- Middle East: Russian President Vladimir Putin has reaffirmed his country’s support for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s right to develop and use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

In an interview with Sky News Arabia on Saturday, Putin asserted that Moscow supports Iran’s right to use nuclear energy peacefully and is prepared to provide the necessary assistance in this regard.

His remarks came amid the Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic, backed by the United States, which came amid the Iran-US indirect nuclear negotiations.

The Trump administration in Washington has used the pretext of Iran’s nuclear energy program to threaten Iran and its leadership with military aggression.

Iran, while maintaining that its nuclear energy is peaceful and solely for energy purposes, has warned against American direct intervention in the Israeli terrorist aggression.

Russia has traditionally supported Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear energy and it has been involved in Bussher nuclear power plant, which is operated by Russia’s Rosatom.

Putin said the concerns regarding Iran’s nuclear program should be resolved through dialogue and mutual agreement, in a clear rejection of US war rhetoric.

The Israeli aggression against Iran came days after the UN nuclear agency passed a controversial resolution pushed by the European countries and endorsed by the US.

According to experts, the politically-motivated resolution emboldened the Zionist regime to carry out illegal and unprovoked aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

After the Zionist aggression, US President Donald Trump condoned it and issued threats directly against Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

Source: Press TV