A day after recommending President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for his “decisive diplomatic intervention” during last month’s India-Pakistan conflict, Pakistan on Sunday, June 22, “condemned” the US attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities.
“We are gravely concerned at the possible further escalation of tensions in the region,” Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in a statement, hours after the American warplanes and submarines bombed three key nuclear sites in Iran, officially joining Israel’s war against the country.
Pakistan, which shares a 900-kilometre border with Iran, also reiterated that these attacks violate “all norms of international law and that Iran has the legitimate right to defend itself under the UN Charter”.
“The unprecedented escalation of tension and violence, owing to ongoing aggression against Iran, is deeply disturbing. Any further escalation of tensions will have severely damaging implications for the region and beyond,” it said.
Islamabad also called for bringing the conflict — which began when the Israeli military attacked Iran last Friday, saying it had concluded Tehran was on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon — to an end.
