Mathura, June 22 -- Communist Party of India (CPI) General Secretary D Raja on Sunday condemned the recent United States airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities and criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his "silence" on the matter.

Speaking to ANI, Raja said that the CPI is in talks with other left parties of India to formulate a united response condemning US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities and PM Modi's silence on the matter.

"Our party is consulting all other left parties in India. We are going to come out with a strong statement condemning the US bombing on Iran, condemning Modi's silence and not opening his mouth to utter a word expressing our country's policy..." D Raja said.

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