Tehran denies the US allegation that the hundreds of drones will be sent to Russia, as Washington was called for its false claims.
This was verified by the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who said that Iran remains neutral, slamming the White House for such inaccuracies.
Iran To Ship Drones to Russia
On Wednesday, the Iranian foreign minister spoke to the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, stating that there are several types of cooperation with Russia and the defense sector, but will not help either side in this fight because it must be ended, reported RT.
He said that the present problem with the conflict is that several Western countries, like the US allegation, have armament manufacturers trying to sell their wares. It was also emphasized that Iran should avoid adding fuel to the fire and instead work to end the situation, noted The Fars News.
On Monday, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan warned reporters that Iran would deliver a large supply of UAVs, including military configuration types.
Many Western countries, notably the United States, deliver heavy armament to Kyiv, such as missile launchers, armored vehicles, and war drones. Moscow maintains that inundating Ukraine with weaponry will only aggravate the war.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Tehran on July 19 to meet with his counterparts Ebrahim Raisi of Iran and Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, according to the Kremlin.
Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesperson, said on Wednesday that Putin would not address probable drones for Russia on his visit to Tehran.
US Claims of Alleged Drone Shipments
According to a senior US official, Russian forces may begin receiving training this month to operate Iranian drones.
During a news conference on Monday, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan claimed that Iran was preparing to provide Moscow with hundreds of drones, some of which had been converted into weapons, noted Gulf News.
He suggested that the unmanned aircraft were meant to replace those Russia had lost in Ukraine. Since the delivery is expected to be completed quickly, Sullivan suggested that some drones may have already been distributed.
The US official described the material as fairly significant and newsworthy but provided no supporting data or explanations of how the US came to its decision.
Additionally, he used the occasion to reassert US charges that Iran attacked Saudi Arabia with drones before the Yemeni conflict ended.
Sullivan alluded to Riyadh and its allies' seven-year military campaign against the Houthi rebels. The US-backed campaign and the Saudi blockade of Yemen led to a major humanitarian catastrophe.
The Donetsk and Lugansk regions were supposed to get special status within the Ukrainian state under the Minsk agreements but failed to implement them, according to Russia, which sent its military into Ukraine on February 24. The protocols were signed in 2014, and Germany and France served as the mediators.
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko revealed that Ukraine agreed to the deal only to get time, enough to build up its military with no intent to implement it.
Tehran called the US allegation nonsense, even drones for Russia were not in the picture as Washington grasps to maintain its failed narrative in Ukraine.
