Hossein Amir Abdullahian, Iran’s foreign minister, spoke by phone during the last weekend with his Portuguese counterpart following the claims by Kyiv and American intelligence officials that his country is supplying kamikaze drones to Russia for the war in Ukraine, and he vehemently denied this.
“Changes the plans”: Russia’s use of Iranian drones creates new dangers for Ukraine
Abdullahian sought to emphasize “again” in the telephone conversation with the Portuguese Foreign Minister that Iran does not “provide and will not provide” weapons for offensive use in the war taking place on the soil of Ukraine. He also added that “we believe that arming either side will prolong the war, and we do not think that war is the right way; not in Ukraine, not in Yemen, not in Syria, not in Afghanistan.”
In the meantime, the reports that the Russian military uses suicide drones made in Iran are also confirmed in official documents, so a new European Union document revealed last Thursday showed that Russia’s dependence on unmanned aerial vehicles made by the Islamic Republic highlight the weakness and difficult situation in which the Kremlin finds itself.
As a reminder, last month it was reported in Ukraine that the Russian forces deliberately launched at least 10 Iranian suicide drones of the “Shahad-136” model over Oman, with the aim of harming the Israelis staying in the city. According to the report, the Ukrainian army shot down more than ten drones, some of which were launched from land The Crimean Peninsula and aimed at the Uman. According to the assessment, the Russians wanted to focus on Hasidic religious sites with a large audience.