The Iranian regime issued a threatening statement a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Tehran of Supplying Russia With Hundreds of Deadly Drones For use on the battlefield in Ukraine.
Zelensky made this claim during His speech at the joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday, An Iranian official denied the allegation on Thursday and warned that the regime’s “patience” for such allegations is not “endless”.
“Mr. Zelensky knew better that Iran’s strategic patience with such baseless accusations is not endless,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said in a message posted on the ministry’s website,
Kanani said that Zelensky should “take a lesson from the fate of some other political leaders who content themselves with American support.”
Iran threatened Ukraine a day after President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke to Congress.
Zelensky accused Tehran of supplying Russia with hundreds of lethal drones for use on the battlefield in Ukraine.
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In October, the White House accused Iran of selling Russia about 1,000 kamikaze drones.
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The Ukrainian president accused Russia on Wednesday of finding a “genocidal” ally in Iran as the former Soviet state continued its airstrikes against Ukrainian infrastructure.
Zelensky told lawmakers in Congress during a pitch for more US aid to the Ukrainian war effort, “When Russia can’t reach our cities with its artillery, it tries to destroy them with missile strikes. ” “More than that, Russia found an ally in its genocidal policy – Iran.”
“Hundreds of Iranian lethal drones sent to Russia pose a threat to our critical infrastructure,” he said. “This is how one terrorist has found another. It’s only a matter of time – when they’ll strike against your other allies, if we don’t stop them now.
The White House in October Iran accused of selling to Russia According to US officials, there are about 1,000 Shahd-136 kamikaze drones by the end of August, dozens of which have been deployed across Ukraine.
“We can confirm that Russian military personnel based in Crimea are piloting Iranian [drones,] using them to carry out attacks throughout Ukraine, including attacks against Kyiv,” the National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said, “In recent days, we assess that Iranian military personnel were on the ground in Crimea and assisted Russia in these operations.”