New Delhi, March 1 -- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Saturday (local time) strongly criticised the United States and Israel for carrying out military strikes on Iran, calling the action a "catastrophic escalation" and an expansion of what he described as an illegal war of aggression.

In a post on X, Mamdani said the bombings marked the opening of "a new theater of war," accusing the two countries of targeting cities and causing civilian casualties.

"Americans do not want this," the mayor wrote. "They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change. They want relief from the affordability crisis. They want peace," Mamdani said.

Mamdani's remarks came hours after the US and Israel launched a major attack on Iran, and President...