Iranian Drones Sold to Russia Months before Ukraine War: FM

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian dismissed media controversy over Iran’s alleged support for Russia in the Ukraine war, assuring that Iran will not be indifferent if it is proven that Russia has used Iranian drones in the conflict.

Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Amirabdollahian once again rejected claims that Iran has provided Russia with missiles and drones to be used in the Ukraine war.

“Our relations with Russia are based on neighborhood and mutual interests. I would like to emphasize here that the fuss made by some western countries that Iran has provided Russia with missiles and drones to help it in the Ukraine war, claims about the missile part is completely wrong and the drone part is correct,” he said.

But he hastened to add that Iran has provided Russia with a limited number of drones months before the war in Ukraine, Press TV reported.

“We agreed with Ukraine’s foreign minister that if they have any documents proving Russia has been using Iranian drones in Ukraine, Kiev should provide these documents to us,” he explained.

The Iranian foreign minister also revealed that Iranian and Ukrainian officials were supposed to meet two weeks ago, as an Iranian defense and political delegation went to a European country to meet the Ukraine delegation.

He said that unfortunately, Kiev made a last-minute decision not to attend the meeting.