Iran slams call for UN probe into alleged use of its drones

The overseas spokesperson says requires a probe into using alleged Iranian-origin drones in Ukraine is ‘false and baseless’.

Iran has strongly condemned a name by France, Germany and the UK for the United Nations to analyze the accusations that Russia has used Iranian-origin drones to assault Ukraine, in response to its overseas ministry.

Nasser Kanaani, spokesman for Iran’s overseas ministry, stated on Saturday that the decision by the so-called E-3 group of nations was “false and baseless” and that it was “strongly rejected and condemned”.

Ukraine says Russia has used Iranian-made Shahed-136 assault drones that cruise in direction of their goal and explode on influence.

“The federal government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in its pursuit to guard its nationwide curiosity and to safe the rights of the noble Iranian folks, reserves the precise to reply to any irresponsible motion,” the Iranian overseas ministry web site quoted Kanaani as saying.

“It won’t hesitate to defend the pursuits of the Iranian folks,” he stated, with out elaborating.

In a letter signed by their UN envoys, the three European nations backed Ukraine’s name on Monday for a UN inquiry, arguing the drone use breached UN Safety Council Decision 2231 endorsing the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

Raisi’s defiant tone

In a speech on Saturday, President Ebrahim Raisi struck a defiant tone on Iran’s army gross sales generally, saying the nation was now a preferred potential exporter of weapons.

Tehran denies supplying drones to Moscow within the Ukraine struggle.

Raisi stated throughout his latest travels abroad, together with New York, the place he attended the UN Normal Meeting, “Individuals got here as much as me asking us to promote them army merchandise. ‘Why us?’ I requested them, ‘there are such a lot of different nations … They stated ‘as a result of yours are higher’.”

He didn’t specify the form of weapons he was requested to promote or who had approached him. This, he stated, had angered Iran’s enemies who “don’t want us to develop … to beat markets”.

“Let the enemy get offended and die of anger,” Raisi stated.