UN: Russia Demands Maduro's Release and Condemns Khamenei Assassination – La Nouvelle Tribune

On September 26, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov demanded the immediate release of Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, who have been detained in the United States since their arrest in Venezuela. He condemned the US invasion of Venezuela and emphasized that international law guarantees immunity for top state officials. Lavrov also criticized the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, killed in a joint US-Israeli strike in Tehran, calling the operation an 'inadmissible manifestation of dictation by force.'