🤯 Brazil slams US strikes

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Brazil condemns US strike on Iran nuclear sites, fearing global conflict 

The Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva administration has sharply condemned the recent US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites, warning they risk igniting a broader conflict in an already volatile region. The attack, carried out early Sunday, marked Washington’s most direct entry into the escalating Israel-Iran war, which began just a week earlier.

In a strongly worded statement, Brazil’s Foreign Ministry decried both US and Israeli military actions as violations of Iranian sovereignty and international law. The strikes, it said, “represent a grave threat to the life and health of civilian populations” due to the risk of radioactive contamination.

The US assault, authorized by President Donald Trump, hit three key sites — Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan — all central to Iran’s uranium enrichment program. According to General Dan Caine, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, the sites suffered “severe damage and destruction,” although it remains unclear whether Iran retains any nuclear capability.

Trump, in a White House address, framed the action as a push for peace. “Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace,” he said. “If they do not, future attacks will be far greater and a lot easier”…

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