Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a phone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on April 5, accusing the U.S. and Israel of committing “war crimes” against Iran and warning that American threats against Iranian energy infrastructure amount to an open declaration of criminal intent. Russian readouts and allied reporting say Lavrov condemned the strikes, stressed the need to halt attacks on civilian targets including the Bushehr nuclear power plant, and pushed for diplomacy to stop the conflict from widening.