A drone flies over Kyiv during an attack on October 17, 2022, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Coalition – Iran’s representative to the United Nations denied Western accusations that Tehran supplied Moscow with a fleet of drones for use in Ukraine.
Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani, permanent representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, told reporters: “The Islamic Republic of Iran has taken a clear and consistent position on the situation in Ukraine that has been declared. father since the beginning of the conflict. .
“Iran has consistently supported peace and an immediate end to the conflict in Ukraine,” Iravani said.
He added that the claims were “baseless and unfounded” and said the West was organizing a disinformation campaign against his country. Iravani, who did not respond to questions from reporters, also said the baseless allegations were “disappointing”.
United Nations Security Council at United Nations Headquarters in New York City September 30, 2022.
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Iravani’s comments come after a closed-door meeting of the United Nations Security Council, where the United States, Britain and France raised the impact of Iran’s arms transfers to Russia.
The three countries – which were also parties to the original 2015 Iran nuclear deal – said that supplying drones to Russia and Iran violated a United Nations Security Council resolution. The resolution, known as 2231, prohibits the transfer of “all items, materials, equipment and goods and technologies” from Iran to another country unless approved by the United Nations Security Council first in each specific case.
Iravani said that such transfers were “out of scope” of the 2015 resolution and therefore Tehran had not breached its commitments.
Meanwhile, Kyiv has invited UN experts to examine what they say is an Iranian drone shot down over Ukraine, Reuters reports.
In recent days, Moscow has carried out a number of devastating missile and drone attacks against what Ukraine says are civilian targets as well as critical infrastructure such as energy facilities. . The Kremlin has repeatedly denied that it uses Iranian-made drones in Ukraine and that it targets other residential and highly educated areas.
Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, told reporters that the drones found in Ukraine were not Iranian but Russian-made.
Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, speaks to reporters at United Nations headquarters in New York on October 19, 2022.
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He said that the image of the drone shot down in Ukraine clearly had Russian inscription on it. However, he added that he is not an expert on drones and could not elaborate further.
Following the drone attacks, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that the 30-member alliance would be sending drone jammers to Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Kyiv also proposed severing diplomatic ties with Tehran due to recent arms transfers and drone strikes.
