TEHRAN, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Iran said on Saturday it supported the rule of law in Russia after the Wagner private military group was accused of attempting to launch an armed rebellion in Russia.
In a statement published on the website of Iran's Foreign Ministry, ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani stressed that the recent developments in Russia are the country's internal affairs.
Russia's National Anti-terrorism Committee announced on Saturday that a counter-terrorist operation regime has been introduced in Moscow city, the Moscow region and the Voronezh region to prevent possible terrorist acts after the Wagner private military group was accused of trying to organize an armed rebellion.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on the same day ordered the Russian Armed Forces to neutralize those who organized the armed rebellion of the Wagner group.
A criminal case is being initiated against Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner group, for incitement to armed insurrection, the Public Relations Center of the Russian Federal Security Service said earlier on Saturday, calling on Wagner fighters not to carry out Prigozhin's orders and to take measures to detain him. ■
