New Delhi, June 25 -- Honeymoon with the United States notwithstanding, Pakistan today described the US and Israeli attacks against Iran's nuclear facilities as violations of international law and UN Charter and asserted that Wahington and Tel Aviv had escalated tensions even as Tehran had consistently sought negotiations.

Pakistan Defence Minister Muhammad Asif in a scathing attack on ''Western powers'' for "double standards" towards Iran, accused the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of hypocrisy and selective approach in dealing with Tehran.

Mr Asif told Iranian news agency MEHR in an interview "Unlike Iran, the Westerners have destroyed the opportunity for diplomacy and are the cause of the beginning of the aggressions o...