Iran acknowledges sending drones to Russia for first time
Region
- 05 November, 2022
- 09:53

Iran's foreign minister on Saturday acknowledged for the first time that his country had supplied Russia with drones, insisting the transfer came before Moscow's war on Ukraine that has seen Iranian-made drones dive-bombing Kyiv, Report informs, citing foreign media sources.
The comments by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian come after months of confusing messaging from Iran about the weapons shipment, as Russia sends the drones slamming into Ukrainian energy infrastructure and civilian targets.
"We gave a limited number of drones to Russia months before the Ukraine war," Amir-Aabdollahian told reporters after a meeting in Tehran.
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