Tehran acknowledges it had provided Moscow with a “small number” of UAVs but denies ever supplying missiles
Iran has for the first time acknowledged it handed over military drones to Russia, claiming, however, that the shipments were completed before the Ukraine conflict broke out in late February. Tehran at the same time denied claims that it had provided Moscow with missiles.
On Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said: “This fuss made by some Western countries, that Iran has provided missiles and drones to Russia to help the war in Ukraine – the missile part is completely wrong.”
Iran’s IRNA state news agency quoted the diplomat as having added that the “drone part is true, and we provided Russia with a small number of drones months before the Ukraine war.”
Amirabdollahian also claimed that Tehran and Kiev had agreed two weeks ago to hold discussions on alleged instances of Russian troops using Iranian weapons….
