Tehran warned on Saturday against any “provocative approachafter a call from European countries for a UN investigation into Iranian drones supplied, according to the West, to Russia in the war against Ukraine.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has again denied, in a press release, having provided arms to Moscow, while accusing the West of seeking to “put pressureon Iran.
France, the United Kingdom and Germany called on Friday, in a letter addressed to the UN, for an investigation “impartial“on Iranian drones transferred to Russia”in violation of Security Council Resolution 2231“. This resolution was voted in 2015 to frame the Iranian civil nuclear agreement and provided at the time for a gradual lifting of economic sanctions against Iran.
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The European Union and the United Kingdom announced new sanctions against Iran on Thursday, targeting three generals and an arms company.responsible for supplying kamikaze drones to Russiato bomb Ukraine.
Iran denies
“Iran sees provocative approaches by EU and UK as part of targeted political scenariosaid Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani, quoted in the statement. The spokesperson hasfirmly condemned” measures “destructivefrom the EU and the British, adding that Iran “reserves the right to respond to any irresponsible action and that it will not hesitate to defend its interests“.
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Kanani also rejected “the baseless allegations about the transfer of drones used in the conflict in Ukraine“. “We are for peace and an immediate end to the war in Ukraine through a political process“. Issues surrounding the conflict in Ukrainehave absolutely no connection with resolution 2231“added the Iranian spokesman, believing that European countries”attempt to present a misleading interpretation“.
In September, Ukraine reduced Iran’s diplomatic presence on its soil in retaliation for alleged arms shipments from Tehran to Moscow.