Arakchi says US strikes on Iran infrastructure won't force surrender

Russian outlets highlight joint Russian-Iranian concern over attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure, especially the Bushehr nuclear plant. Moscow and Tehran are presented as warning that a strike on Bushehr could destroy life in several Arab countries through radioactive fallout. Russian coverage stresses that US-Israeli attacks on civilian facilities will not defeat Iran and calls for an immediate halt to such strikes.

• •Russian and Iranian diplomats in Moscow have urged an end to strikes on Iranian civilian infrastructure.
• •Araghchi has told Russian media that damage to the Bushehr nuclear plant could make large parts of nearby Arab countries uninhabitable.
• •Russian reports say US-Israeli strikes have already hit multiple non-military sites inside Iran.
• •Russian coverage repeats Iran’s claim that attacks on infrastructure will not force the Iranian population to surrender.
• •Russian outlets frame the Bushehr threat as a danger to Gulf states that are formally friendly to Washington.