Iran’s foreign minister admitted on Saturday for the first time that his country has supplied Russia with drones, seeing Iranian-made drones dive-bomb Kyiv transferred to Moscow ahead of war with Ukraine claimed to have taken place.
The comments by Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdrahian come after months of confusing messages from Iran over arms shipments as Russia rams drones into Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and civilian targets. increase.
“A few months before the Ukrainian war, we provided Russia with a limited number of drones,” Amiravdrahian told reporters after a meeting in Tehran.
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Earlier, Iranian officials denied arming Russia in a war with Ukraine. Earlier this week, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Amir Saeed Iravani, called the allegations “absolutely baseless” and reiterated Iran’s neutral position in the war. The United States and its Western allies on the Security Council have called on Secretary-General António Guterres to investigate whether Russia used Iranian drones to attack civilians in Ukraine.
Yet Iran’s militia, the Revolutionary Guard Corps, vaguely boasts that it provides drones to major countries in the world. praised and ridiculed Western hands over its dangers. Crowds waved triangular drone placards as a point of national pride during a state-backed demonstration to mark the 1979 U.S. embassy takeover on Friday.
Amira Bdrahian claimed Saturday that Iran was unaware of its use of drones in Ukraine when it acknowledged the shipment. He said Iran remains committed to ending the conflict.
“If (Ukraine) has documents that Russia used Iranian drones in Ukraine, they should provide them to us,” he said. “If it is proven that Russia used Iranian drones in the war with Ukraine, we will not remain indifferent to this issue.”
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