"No one wants an increase in tension. Everyone understands this is playing with fire," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview made public on Wednesday (Feb 18), said that any new US strike on Iran would have serious consequences and called for restraint to find a solution to enable Iran to pursue a peaceful nuclear programme. Lavrov's interview with Saudi Arabia's Al-Arabiya television was aired a day after US and Iranian negotiators