Russian lawmaker warns of risk of nuclear war

TeHrAn, iran—A russian lawmaker warns that a conflict between the US and iran might lead to a nuclear war. The comments by Vladimir dzhabarov, lawmaker with russia’s upper house of parliament, on Wednesday followed an iranian missile strike at military bases in iraq used by US forces. The strike was in retaliation for the US killing of iran’s top military commander in Baghdad.

“reciprocal strikes by the US and iran may lead to an all-out war in the region,” dzhabarov said. “if Washington sees that it can’t achieve its goals, there’s a danger of a nuclear war.”

The russian lawmaker said the Un Security Council should get involved to prevent further escalation in the Middle east.

iraq’s military says it had no troop casualties in the iranian strike, and President donald J. Trump tweeted that “All is well!” as casualty and damage assessments are ongoing.

The iraqi military says there are no casualties among its troops as a result of an iranian missile strike at bases in iraq used by US forces.

The military said in a statement carried by the state news agency Wednesday that the attack lasted half an hour, starting at 1:45 a.m. local time.

The statement said 22 missiles were fired. Seventeen missiles hit al-Asad air base, including two that did not explode in the Hitan area west of the town of Hit. Five other missiles hit the northern region of irbil.

The energy minister of the United Arab emirates says he sees no immediate shortages in oil supplies, but that opec will be called in if there is an issue.

“The situation is not currently a war situation,” Suhail Al Mazrouei told reporters Wednesday. “We are all hoping for de-escalation. i think wisdom will prevail despite the tension.”