World leaders react after Trump says U.S. has bombed 3 nuclear websites in Iran, together with Fordo

World leaders reacted to President Donald Trump’s announcement Saturday that the U.S. had carried out a “very profitable assault” on three nuclear websites in Iran, together with Fordo.

“That is an HISTORIC MOMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ISRAEL, AND THE WORLD. IRAN MUST NOW AGREE TO END THIS WAR,” Trump posted on Reality Social.

Here is how the world reacted after the assault.

Iranian International Minister Abbas Araghchi stated in an announcement on X that his nation “reserves all choices” in responding to the assault.

“The occasions this morning are outrageous and may have eternal penalties,” Araghchi stated. “Each member of the UN have to be alarmed over this extraordinarily harmful, lawless and felony conduct. In accordance with the UN Constitution and its provisions permitting a official response in self-defense, Iran reserves all choices to defend its sovereignty, curiosity, and other people.”

Araghchi stated that the assaults on “Iran’s peaceable nuclear installations” by the U.S. have been “a grave violation of the UN Constitution, worldwide regulation and the NPT.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated “Trump’s daring determination will change historical past.” Talking minutes after the assault, Netanyahu stated, “President Trump and I usually say: ‘Peace by way of power.’ First comes power, then comes peace. And tonight, Donald Trump and the US acted with numerous power.”

The United Nations Secretary-Normal Antonio Guterres warned that the U.S. strikes on Iran characterize a harmful escalation in an already unstable area, posing a severe menace to international peace and safety.

“There’s a rising danger that this battle may quickly get uncontrolled – with catastrophic penalties for civilians, the area, and the world,” Guterres stated in an announcement as reported by Reuters.

“At this perilous hour, it’s essential to keep away from a spiral of chaos. There is no such thing as a navy answer. The one path ahead is diplomacy. The one hope is peace,” he stated.

In the meantime, China strongly condemned the U.S. assault on Iran and on nuclear services supervised by the Worldwide Atomic Power Company, China’s U.N. Ambassador Fu Cong stated at a U.N. Safety Council assembly on Sunday.

Singling out Israel, Fu stated that “China is deeply involved in regards to the danger of the scenario getting uncontrolled” and referred to as for a right away ceasefire and an finish to the hostilities.

“The events involved ought to abide by worldwide regulation, curb the impulse to make use of power, and keep away from exacerbating conflicts and including gas to the fireplace,” Fu stated.

Different Asia Pacific leaders additionally referred to as for restraint. New Zealand’s International Minister Winston Peters stated Sunday urged all events to return to talks.

“Our concern is that additional navy motion will not be going to ship a sustainable answer to this downside,” he added.

Throughout a press convention Monday morning, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated the federal government supported the U.S. strikes and that Iran shouldn’t “take any additional motion that might destabilize the area.”  

South Korea’s Nationwide Safety Council convened on Sunday, with advisor Wi Sung-lac urging “related ministries to attenuate the affect of the current sequence of developments within the Center East,” in accordance with the feedback of a presidential spokesperson carried by South Korean information company Yonhap.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Sunday instructed reporters it’s “paramount to calm the scenario down quickly,” in accordance with Japanese information outlet Jiji. “Iran’s nuclear growth have to be blocked,” he added, whereas falling in need of endorsing the U.S. motion and noting his authorities will absolutely talk about the event.

In Europe, U.Ok. Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated the scenario within the Center East “stays unstable and stability within the area is a precedence,” calling on Tehran to renew negotiations and attain a diplomatic answer. The U.Ok., France and Germany have been trying to de-escalate tensions by way of rapprochement with Tehran in current days.

The European Union’s chief diplomat Kaja Kallas urged “all sides to step again, return to the negotiating desk and forestall additional escalation,” whereas stressing Iran should not be permitted to develop a nuclear weapon. EU international ministers will talk about developments in Iran on Monday, she stated.

In obvious response, Iran’s Araghchi later stated, “to Britain and the EU Excessive Rep, it’s Iran which should ‘return’ to the desk. However how can Iran return to one thing it by no means left, not to mention blew up?”

Throughout the Center East, the ministry of international affairs of Saudi Arabia — a regional ally of the U.S., which solely revived relations with Iran in March 2023 after a seven-year diplomatic rift — stated it’s following developments in “sisterly” Iran with “nice concern.”

Equally, Qatar’s international ministry stated it was following developments in “sisterly” Iran and regretted the deterioration of the scenario with the strikes on Iranian nuclear services. The nation underscored the pressing want for a ceasefire and return to dialogue.

Yemen’s Houthi militant group, traditionally backed by Tehran, denounced the U.S.’ “blatant aggression” in opposition to Iran in a Google-translated assertion carried by the Yemeni Information Company (Saba).

The presidency of Lebanon, whose influential Hezbollah group additionally receives Iranian help and has been buying and selling fireplace with Israel, stated in a Google-translated assertion that “the bombing of Iranian nuclear services raises fears of an escalation of tensions that might threaten safety and stability in a couple of area and nation” and urged restraint.

Dmitry Medvedev, a senior safety official and former president of Russia, on Sunday questioned Trump’s odds of clinching a Nobel Peace Prize regardless of his current nomination, saying the White Home chief “who got here as a peacemaker president, began a brand new struggle for the US” in a Google-translated Telegram submit.

Venezuela’s Minister of International Affairs Yvan Gil condemned the assaults in a message on Telegram: “Venezuela Condemns U.S. Navy Aggression Towards Iran and Calls for an Fast Cessation of Hostilities. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela firmly and categorically condemns the bombing carried out by the US navy, on the request of the State of Israel, in opposition to nuclear services within the Islamic Republic of Iran, together with the Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan complexes.”

Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel additionally condemned the assaults on the social media platform X, saying: “We strongly condemn the U.S. bombing of Iran’s nuclear services, which constitutes a harmful escalation of the battle within the Center East. The aggression significantly violates the UN Constitution and worldwide regulation and plunges humanity right into a disaster with irreversible penalties.”

Pope Leo stated the worldwide group should attempt to keep away from struggle that dangers opening an “irreparable abyss,” and that diplomacy ought to take the place of battle.

“Each member of the worldwide group has an ethical duty: to cease the tragedy of struggle earlier than it turns into an irreparable abyss,” Pope Leo stated throughout his weekly prayer with pilgrims.

“No armed victory can compensate for the ache of moms, the worry of youngsters, the stolen future. Let diplomacy silence the weapons, let nations chart their future with peace efforts, not with violence and bloody conflicts,” he added.

— Reuters and CNBC’s Nur Hikmah Md Ali contributed to this report.