DPRK slams 'Israel' as 'cancer-like entity' for Middle East peace

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
19 Jun 2025 06:28
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Pyongyang condemns "Israel's" aggression on Iran, warning the US and European powers against further escalating the war.

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A general view of Ryonghung Crossroad in Pyongyang, DPRK, Friday, April 25, 2025 (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho)

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday condemned "Israel's" military strikes against Iran, warning the United States and European powers against "fanning up the flames of war," according to a Foreign ministry spokesperson.

President Donald Trump has fuelled speculation about the US joining its key ally "Israel" in military action against Iran, saying Wednesday that his patience had "run out" with Tehran, but that it was still not too late for talks.

He later said he had not yet made a decision on whether to join "Israel" in bombing Iran and warned that the country's current leadership could fall as a result of the war.

'Illegal act of state-sponsored terrorism by Israel'

Pyongyang expressed "serious concern" over "Israel's military attack and resolutely denounces it," the spokesperson stressing, emphasizing that "Israel's" killing of civilians was "an unpardonable crime against humanity."

"The illegal act of state-sponsored terrorism by Israel [is] heightening the danger of a new all-out war in the Middle East region," indicated the statement, which was published by the state-run news agency KCNA.

Pyongyang warned Trump and others against joining "Israel's" war on Iran.

'Cancer-like entity for the peace in the Middle East'

"The present grave situation witnessed by the world clearly proves that Israel, supported and patronized by the US and the West, is a cancer-like entity for the peace in the Middle East and a chief culprit of destroying global peace and security," said the Foreign Ministry spokesperson.

"The international community is strictly watching the US and Western forces fanning up the flames of war, taking issue with the legitimate sovereign right and exercise of the right to self-defence of Iran, the victim," they added.

The spokesperson said actions by the United States and European powers were "pushing the situation in the Middle East to an uncontrollable catastrophic phase."