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Kamikaze drones: Iran denies its involvement and assures that it will not remain "indifferent" if Moscow uses them

2022-10-24T19:50:22.253Z


The head of Iranian diplomacy claims to be "against arming both Russia and Ukraine", while the European Union indicates dep


The 27 members of the European Union are preparing to sanction Iran, but the country's foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, continues to deny the involvement of local factories in the manufacture and delivery of the drones used by it. Russia against Ukraine.

This Monday, he even said that Iran would not remain "indifferent" if it were proven that Moscow is using Iranian-made drones in its offensive...

Earlier in the day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia had ordered "about 2,000 Iranian Shaheds", these suicide drones, to support its invasion of Ukraine.

“In the war in Ukraine (…) we are against arming both Russia and Ukraine,” Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in video statements released by local media.

"We have not provided Russia with weapons or drones to use in the war against Ukraine," he added, repeating previous denials, while acknowledging defense cooperation between Tehran and Moscow.

The Iranian minister reaffirmed his country's desire to hold direct talks with Ukraine on this subject, stressing that he had sent a message to this effect to the head of diplomacy of the European Union Josep Borrell.

"I told Josep Borrell that if it becomes clear to us that Russia has used Iranian drones against Ukraine, we will certainly not be indifferent to this issue," he said.

In recent weeks, Ukraine and its Western allies have accused Moscow of using Iranian-made drones in attacks on Ukraine.

Tehran also denies the deployment of Iranian soldiers in Crimea

Iran has rejected the accusations, while the Kremlin has argued that Westerners are trying to "put pressure" on Tehran.

Last week, the European Union and the United Kingdom announced new sanctions against Iran, targeting three generals and an arms company "responsible for supplying Russia with suicide drones" to bomb Ukraine.

Earlier on Monday, Foreign Affairs spokesman in Tehran, Nasser Kanani, dismissed US allegations that Iranian military personnel were deployed in Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Moscow, to assist the Russians in handling the drones launched against energy infrastructure and cities in Ukraine.

“We strongly condemn these allegations which aim to distract public opinion from the destructive role (of the United States) in the war in Ukraine (…) by massively exporting arms and equipment” to kyiv, he said. -he assures.

In September, kyiv had decided to drastically reduce its diplomatic relations with Tehran due to alleged arms deliveries to Moscow.

Source: leparis

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