Russia is pushing back against President Donald Trump’s threats to bomb Iran, calling them “illegal and unacceptable.” 

Recently, Trump has intensified his warnings towards Iran, cautioning that there could be a direct confrontation if Iran continues to supply weapons to the Houthi terrorist group or persists with its nuclear activities. At the same time, Russia announced on Thursday its commitment to resolving Iran’s nuclear program while respecting Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear energy, as reported by Reuters. 

Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, emphasized to the news agency that “Using military force by Iran’s adversaries in this context is both illegal and unacceptable.” 

She further mentioned, “Any threats to attack Iran’s nuclear infrastructure could lead to an irreversible global disaster. These sorts of threats are entirely unacceptable,” according to the report. 

Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to the crowd during a meeting with officials in Tehran on Monday. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Trump told NBC the day before, “If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing.” 

“But there’s a chance that if they don’t make a deal, that I will do secondary tariffs on them like I did four years ago,” he added. 

Secondary “tariffs,” or sanctions, would mean slapping financial penalties on any country that does business with Iran. 

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday, “We don’t avoid talks; it’s the breach of promises that has caused issues for us so far,” according to The Associated Press. He added, “They must prove that they can build trust.”  

Gathering to discuss the Iranian nuclear issue are, from left, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, Chinese Foreign Minister Wag Yi and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazeem Gharibabadi in Beijing on March 14. (Getty Images)

Iran is enriching uranium to 60%, just shy of the 90% weapons-grade. Experts say it could have a nuclear weapon within weeks if it were to take the final steps to building one. Fox News Digital reported in late March that Iran’s regime has enriched enough uranium to manufacture six nuclear weapons, according to a U.N. atomic agency report. 

Fox News’ Benjamin Weinthal, Caitlin McFall and Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.