Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova condemned recent US-Israeli attacks on Iran’s Caspian Sea port of Bandar Anzali in a statement issued yesterday. TASS reported on March 18, citing Israel Channel 12 news, that the Israeli air force struck an Iranian navy base at the port. The next day, Tass reported that the US and Israel struck a customs service office and several other sites at the port.
“The US-Israeli coalition continues pouring fuel on the flames of the war they have unleashed in the Middle East, which could cause this war to spread even further,” Zakharova said. Bandar Anzali “is an important trade and logistics hub that is actively used in Russian-Iranian trade, including for food deliveries. The strike has affected the economic interests of Russia and the other Caspian states that maintain transport communications with Iran via that port.
