Weapons confusion: Iran denies deliveries to Russia – Ukraine reports Iranian drones
Created: 10/15/2022, 1:20 p.m
By: Andreas Schmid
A drone is launched during a military drone exercise in Iran in this photo provided by the Iranian Army.
© Iranian Army/AP/dpa
Is Iran involved in the Ukraine war?
Tehran denies arms deliveries.
Almost simultaneously, Kyiv reports Iranian drones.
All information in the news ticker.
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Tehran/Moscow – Iran is among the few countries currently actively meeting with Russia.
Just a month ago, Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi was in Uzbekistan to exchange views with Vladimir Putin.
In July, the Kremlin boss made a guest appearance in Tehran.
The country is now well-disposed towards Russia.
Iran abstained from the UN resolution condemning the war of aggression against Ukraine as such.
So far, no public criticism of the Kremlin has been heard.
Probably also because Iran supplies Moscow with weapons.
Ukraine war: Iran denies arms deliveries to Putin
Iran is currently isolated.
Due to the protests in the country, the government is under more pressure than it has been for a long time.
The EU plans sanctions.
Foreign Minister Hussein Amirabdollahian therefore telephoned the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Saturday.
In it he defended, among other things, police violence against demonstrators and portrayed his country as an "anchor of stability and security".
A passage published by the Iranian Foreign Ministry itself is fascinating.
Accordingly, Minister Amirabdollahian denied arms deliveries to Russia and thus an active participation in the Ukraine war.
"We have military cooperation with Russia, but no arms deliveries," Amirabdollahian said in the call, according to Iranian sources.
Iran wants an end to the war and human suffering.
The photo shows the wreckage of a previously shot down kamikaze drone from Iran.
(Archive image) © Armed Forces of Ukraine/AFP
Iranian weapons in the Ukraine war: NATO and Ukraine assume Iranian involvement
Explosive: The US government and Great Britain reported weeks ago, citing intelligence information, that Russia wanted to buy unmanned drones from Iran for its war in Ukraine.
Most recently, it was said that the first drones had been delivered.
Apparently of worse quality than the Kremlin expected.
NATO then delivered hundreds of anti-drone jammers to Ukraine.
According to Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, these could help render drones manufactured in Russia and Iran ineffective.
Moscow, in turn, denies the use of Iranian drones.
"Iran is not supporting Russia in the military operation in Ukraine," state news agency TASS said on Oct. 7.
According to Ukrainian information, Iranian drones are already in use in the war zone.
On Saturday (October 15) Kyiv reported that five "Iranian-made drones" had been intercepted in Dnipropetrovsk.
It was also said from London that such drones are already being used.
Ukraine also restricted diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic due to alleged Russian support.
The Iranian arms shipments are "a hostile act that is causing serious damage to relations between Ukraine and Iran," Ukraine's foreign ministry said in late September.
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Reports from warring factions cannot always be independently verified. While Ukraine and some NATO countries assume that Iranian drones will be used in the Ukraine war, Iran and Russia have denied such actions.