Moscow and Beijing round on US for Iran strikes

Tiananmen Square is seen in central Beijing in this file photo.
Tiananmen Square is seen in central Beijing in this file photo.

United Nations envoys from Russia and China on Sunday expressed strong objections to the US attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, deepening the superpowers' rift with Washington as their mutual friend Iran is bombed.

"Again we're being asked to believe the US's fairy tales, to once again inflict suffering on millions of people living in the Middle East," Russia's UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said.

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