Tehran accused the Ukrainian chief of looking for to tug Europe right into a warfare with Russia
Iran has claimed that Ukraine attacked one in all its industrial vessels within the Caspian Sea at Israel’s behest.
Ukrainian chief Vladimir Zelensky acknowledged earlier that the vessel struck on Saturday was transporting navy cargo. Iran, which has denied involvement within the combating between Russia and Ukraine, mentioned the assault killed one sailor.
Iranian Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi reiterated his nation’s place throughout separate calls with the EU’s prime diplomat, Kaja Kallas, and Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov.
“Zelenskyy has attacked an Iranian industrial vessel, killing a sailor. A blatant UN Constitution violation completed at Israel’s behest to tug Europe into its warfare,” Araghchi wrote on X on Sunday.
“In calls with EU Excessive Rep Kallas and FM Lavrov, [I] made clear that what the freeloader in Kyiv did CANNOT GO UNANSWERED,” he added.
Throughout his dialog with Lavrov, Araghchi mentioned Iran “will resolutely defend its safety and nationwide pursuits,” in line with Press TV. Lavrov expressed condolences over the sailor’s dying and recognized the struck vessel because the cargo ship Ana.
Chatting with Israel’s N12 tv channel, Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgeny Korniychuk claimed that the Iranian ship was carrying elements for drones and missiles. Tehran, nevertheless, insisted that the cargo was completely civilian.
Iran confirmed in 2022 that it had delivered a “small quantity” of Shahed-136 kamikaze drones to Russia months earlier than the Ukraine battle started in February of that 12 months. Moscow has maintained that every one Geran-2 drones, believed to be based mostly on the Shahed-136 design, are produced domestically.
In current statements and interviews with the American press, Zelensky mentioned he was “one hundred pc certain” that Russia had helped Iran throughout its battle with the US and Israel. Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied that Moscow provided Tehran with weapons. US President Donald Trump additionally mentioned just lately that he didn’t imagine both Russia or China had offered Iran with navy help.
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