Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that Iran “avoids doing anything that might lead to further escalation in Ukraine, such as delivering weapons,” as quoted by Poland’s kresy24.pl website on Friday.
Iran’s top diplomat added: “We have military agreements with Russia, but we won’t help any of the parties to this conflict,” kresy24.pl reported, citing Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper.
#Iran denied selling military equipment and drones to #Russia.
Officials of the Islamic republic assure that Iran does not intend to interfere in the conflict and avoids any steps to escalate tension. pic.twitter.com/VrReJKeEEr — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) July 13, 2022
On Monday, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan warned that Iran could provide Russia with “up to several hundred UAVs,” including weapons-capable drones, for use “as early as July,” news outlets reported.
BREAKING: The White House said it believes Russia is turning to Iran to provide it with “hundreds” of unmanned aerial vehicles, including weapons-capable drones, for use in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. https://t.co/zcks9LWOag — The Associated Press (@AP) July 11, 2022
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on the issue. He also denied that Russian President Vladimir Putin would discuss drone deliveries during his visit to Tehran on July 19, according to kresy24.pl.
'Slap in the face’ for Putin
Russian expat political writer Andrey Piontkovsky was quoted as saying that Iran’s refusal to supply drones was “a slap in the face” for Putin.
Piontkovsky added that approaching Iran with the request for UAVs was itself "a humiliation for Russia," according to kresy24.pl.
Meanwhile, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that Putin’s attempt to establish relations with Iran showed “the depth of Russia’s isolation” and the difficulties it faces in trying to restock armaments, kresy24.pl reported.
Friday is day 142 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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NEeZ44 on July 15th, 2022 at 17:58 UTC »
Putin did not help out Iran in Syria.. Let the Israelis hit at their operations..
Iran begged for the s300 and s400 systems and for years the Russians would not provide these systems.. and Iran still does not have the s400.
so this was not a slap in Putin's face.. this was just Iran returning the same support Russians had given them.
dubiousadvocate on July 15th, 2022 at 17:16 UTC »
Iran's leadership only pretends occasionally to be stupid. But that's not true. And they do have a strategic need to get out from sanctions. Smart decision Iran.
Iran’s top diplomat added: “We have military agreements with Russia, but we won’t help any of the parties to this conflict,” kresy24.pl reported, citing Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper.