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Putin Ally Doubles Down on Iran Nuclear Weapons Warning After Trump Reacts![]() Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, doubled down on his warning that some countries might give Iran nuclear weapons in the wake of strikes carried out by the United States, but clarified that Moscow has no intention to do so. Why It Matters U.S. President Donald Trump touted Saturday's striking of three Iranian nuclear sites—Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan—and called for "peace" in the immediate aftermath. On Monday, he called Iran's targeting of Al Udeid Air Base, a vast desert installation in Qatar that functions as a key regional hub for American military operations, "a very weak response" that the U.S. anticipated and "very effectively countered." What To Know "Regarding President Trump's concerns: I condemn the US strike on Iran—it failed to achieve its objectives," Medvedev, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said in a statement posted to X, formerly Twitter, on Monday. "However, Russia has no intention of supplying nuclear weapons to Iran because, unlike Israel, we are parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. I know quite well what this would entail, having overseen our nuclear forces as president." "But other countries might—and that's what was said. And we definitely shouldn't
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