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Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Saturday said that Tehran sent “a limited number of drones” to Russia “months before the war in Ukraine”, Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported. Amir-Abdollahian denied accusations that Iran has supplied missiles to Moscow. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments. All are in Paris time (GMT + 1).
12:02pm: Iran admits sending drones to Russia ‘before the war in Ukraine’
Iran admitted for the first time on Saturday that it has sent drones to Russia, but insisted they were supplied to its ally before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“We supplied Russia with a limited number of drones months before the war in Ukraine,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said, quoted by the official news agency IRNA.
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