EU accuses Iran of supplying Russia with weapons,Tehran "strongly" rejects

The European Union said on Monday that its allies had shared intelligence that Iran had supplied Russia with missiles, a claim Tehran rejected, noting that "those making these accusations are among the largest arms exporters to one side of the war" in Russia and Ukraine.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said during a regular press conference: "We strongly reject the accusations regarding Iran's role in exporting weapons to one of the parties to the war" in Russia-Ukraine.

Kanaani added that those who are making these accusations against his country "are among the largest arms exporters to one of the parties to the war," in an implicit reference to Western support for Kiev with weapons.

The European Union said on Monday that its allies had shared intelligence that Iran had supplied missiles to Russia, warning of new sanctions on Tehran if the deliveries were confirmed.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the United States informed its European allies that Russia had received short-range missiles from Iran, and Washington had warned Tehran in August of the consequences of this, indicating that this would prompt it to respond "strongly."

The Kremlin on Monday declined to deny receiving missiles from Iran, stressing that Moscow is developing its relations with Tehran as it pleases, especially in the "most sensitive areas."

Kiev and its Western allies have previously accused Iran of supplying Russia with military equipment for use in the war, especially Shahed drones.

Tehran denied that it had supplied Moscow with drones “for use in the war,” but it acknowledged delivering such weapons to Russia before the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, as part of cooperation agreements between the two parties.

Since February 24, 2022, Russia has been launching a military attack on its neighbor Ukraine, and is stipulating that in order to end it, Kiev must abandon joining Western military entities, which the latter considers “interference in its affairs.”