North Korea condemns US-Israel attacks on Iran as 'illegal'

North Korea condemned on Sunday the ongoing United States and Israeli attack on Iran as an "illegal act of aggression", claiming it had shown Washington's "rogue" nature.

The military campaigns against Iran by the two states constitute "an illegal act of aggression and the most despicable form of violation of sovereignty in their nature from A to Z", a spokesperson for the North's foreign ministry said in a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.

"The DPRK condemns in the strongest tone the shameless rogue act of the US and Israel," the official said, using the initials for the North's official name.

Pyongyang said the United States and Israel chose to "abuse military muscle in order to realise their selfish and hegemonic ambition".

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