World Leaders React After U.S. Strikes Iran

TIME

The world is reacting after President Donald Trump authorized U.S. strikes on three key Iranian nuclear sites, joining Israel in its conflict with Iran.

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00:00Congratulations, President Trump.

00:02Your bold decision to target Iran's nuclear facilities with the awesome and righteous

00:08might of the United States will change history.

00:11The Islamic Republic of Iran condemns, in the strongest terms, the United States' brutal

00:19military aggression against Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities.

00:23We've long had concerns about the Iranian nuclear program and been very clear that Iran

00:30cannot have a nuclear weapon.

00:32The US has now taken action to alleviate that threat.

00:36It is important that we now de-escalate the situation, stabilize the region and get the

00:45parties back around the table to negotiate.

00:47It has for us and also for me personally no reason to criticize Israel, what Israel

00:54for a week began and no reason to criticize Israel, what America did last week.

01:01Yes, it is not without a risk, but it is so to belize, as it was, was also no option.

01:17The United States-Iran, the United States-Iran, the National War of European Union's

01:22and the requirements and rules are exaggerated.

01:25It is a major threat against the Middle East.

01:28That is not what we can do with this.

01:30Israel and the supporters of our friends with Iran's attacks on a bigger disaster.

01:37We have a lot of hard work.

01:41Iran's security and the region's security of our country,

01:47who comes from, comes from.

01:49We don't have any answers.

01:52We have a clear answer.

01:55It is important that there is an American decision on this,

01:59a decision of President Trump.

02:02It is also necessary to emphasize that the diplomat has to work.

02:08Work everywhere.

02:10On the Middle East, in the region of the river,

02:13and here, in Europe, in Ukraine.

02:25The U.S. action was directed at specific sites central to Iran's nuclear program.

02:43We don't want escalation and a full-scale war.

02:46We continue to call for dialogue and for diplomacy.

02:51The bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities by the United States

02:55marks a perilous turn in a region that is already reeling.

03:00From the outset of the crisis, I have repeatedly condemned any military escalation in the Middle East.

03:08The people of the region cannot endure another cycle of destruction.

03:14And yet, we now risk descending into a red hole of retaliation after retaliation.

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