Pyongyang: North Korea's mainstream newspaper on Monday reported on the ongoing armed conflict between Iran and Israel, citing statements from Russia and Iran without direct commentary of its own. The Rodong Sinmun, a daily intended for general North Korean readers, focused on the perspectives of other countries involved in the situation.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the newspaper highlighted Russia's foreign ministry's serious concerns over Israel's attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities. Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova warned that these attacks could trigger a global nuclear disaster and stated that the international community is just a few centimeters away from such a catastrophe.
In a separate article, the Rodong Sinmun covered a speech by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at a U.N. Human Rights Council session. Araghchi accused Israel of targeting Iranian nuclear facilities in violation of international law and warned of the potential for a disastrous radioactive leak.
The newspaper reported that approximately 100 Iranian fighter jets and suicide drones attacked military targets in Israel's Haifa and Tel Aviv on Thursday, followed by missile launches targeting Israeli facilities on Saturday. These reports were presented without any direct comments from the newspaper itself.
As of Monday, North Korea had not reported on the United States' air strikes on key Iranian nuclear sites carried out Saturday night. The U.S. used B-2 bombers to launch air strikes on three key nuclear sites in Iran, with President Donald Trump describing the operation as "successful" and claiming the Iranian sites were "obliterated."