New Delhi, June 22 -- Left parties on Sunday condemned the US strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran and said that the move was a "grave violation of Iranian sovereignty and the UN Charter."

In a joint statement, they said, "The undersigned five Left parties strongly condemn the United States' bombing of Iran. This is a grave violation of Iranian sovereignty and the UN Charter, and it will inflame global tensions, destabilise West Asia and have severe economic repercussions."

The joint statement was issued by the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Communist Party of India, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist Liberation), the Revolutionary Socialist Party, and the Forward Bloc.

They further said that the US and Israel ar...