{"id":7296,"date":"2023-05-27T13:16:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T12:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=7296"},"modified":"2023-05-27T13:38:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T12:38:18","slug":"iran-says-ukraine-drone-criticism-a-propaganda-to-get-more-arms-and-aid-from-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/diplomatic-world\/iran-says-ukraine-drone-criticism-a-propaganda-to-get-more-arms-and-aid-from-west\/2023\/05\/27\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran says Ukraine drone criticism a propaganda to get more arms and aid from West"},"content":{"rendered":"

TEHRAN<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> Tehran<\/span> said<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday<\/span> that<\/span> when<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> President<\/span>\u00a0Zelensky<\/span> urged<\/span> Iran<\/span> to<\/span> stop<\/span> supplying<\/span> drones<\/span> to<\/span> Russia,<\/span> his<\/span> remarks<\/span> were<\/span> meant<\/span> to<\/span> attract<\/span> more<\/span> weapons<\/span> and<\/span> financial<\/span> aid<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> West.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> a<\/span> video<\/span> address<\/span>,<\/span> President<\/span> Zelensky<\/span> called<\/span> on<\/span> Iran<\/span> to<\/span> prevent<\/span> it<\/span> from<\/span> sliding<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> “dark<\/span> side<\/span> of<\/span> history”<\/span> by<\/span> delivering<\/span> drones<\/span> to<\/span> Moscow.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Iran<\/span> initially<\/span> denied<\/span> supplying<\/span> Russia<\/span> with<\/span> Shahid<\/span> drones,<\/span> but<\/span> later<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> had<\/span> supplied<\/span> a<\/span> few<\/span> before<\/span> the<\/span> conflict<\/span> began.<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> claims<\/span> drones<\/span> played<\/span> a<\/span> key<\/span> role<\/span> in<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> attacks<\/span> on<\/span> cities<\/span> and<\/span> infrastructure.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Iran’s<\/span> foreign<\/span> ministry<\/span> spokesman<\/span> Nasser<\/span> Kanani<\/span> said,<\/span> “The<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> president’s<\/span> repetition<\/span> of<\/span> delusional<\/span> claims<\/span> against<\/span> the<\/span> Islamic<\/span> Republic<\/span> of<\/span> Iran<\/span> is<\/span> anti-Iranian<\/span> propaganda<\/span> aimed<\/span> at<\/span> attracting<\/span> as<\/span> much<\/span> arms<\/span> and<\/span> financial<\/span> aid<\/span> as<\/span> possible<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span> media<\/span> wars.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Kanani<\/span> said<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> has<\/span> refused<\/span> to<\/span> allow<\/span> an<\/span> independent<\/span> investigation<\/span> into<\/span> these <\/span>allegations.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Russia<\/span> has<\/span> stepped<\/span> up<\/span> military<\/span> cooperation<\/span> with<\/span> Iran<\/span> since<\/span> it<\/span> launched<\/span> a<\/span> full-scale<\/span> invasion<\/span> of<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> in<\/span> February<\/span> 2022.<\/span> It<\/span> has<\/span> admitted<\/span> to<\/span> using<\/span> Iranian<\/span> drones,<\/span> but<\/span> is<\/span> now<\/span> trying<\/span> to<\/span> increase<\/span> its<\/span> own<\/span> production.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Mr<\/span> Zelensky<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> speech<\/span> Wednesday: <\/span>“Here’s<\/span> a<\/span> simple<\/span> question. <\/span>What’s<\/span> your<\/span> interest<\/span> in<\/span> being<\/span> an<\/span> accomplice<\/span> in<\/span> Russian<\/span> terrorism?<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>\u201cThe<\/span> fact<\/span> that<\/span> your<\/span> Shahid<\/span> is<\/span> terrorizing<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> every<\/span> night<\/span> only<\/span> means<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> Iranian<\/span> people<\/span> are<\/span> being<\/span> pushed<\/span> deeper<\/span> and<\/span> deeper<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> dark<\/span> side<\/span> of<\/span> history,\u201d<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Tehran said on Saturday that when Ukrainian President\u00a0Zelensky urged Iran to stop supplying drones to Russia, his remarks were meant to attract more weapons and financial aid from the West. In a video address, President Zelensky called on Iran to prevent it from sliding into the “dark side of history” by delivering […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[24,26,276,2480,2482],"tags":[4387,4388,4389,4391,4394,1225,4395,1314,5522,1324,5523,1374,5524,1378,5525,1760,5526,1764,1765,1960,1965,4385],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-8-1.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7296"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7300,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7296\/revisions\/7300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}