{"id":36307,"date":"2022-07-13T13:41:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T13:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/07\/13\/iranian-envoy-responds-to-us-claim-its-selling-drones-to-russia\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:27:16","slug":"iranian-envoy-responds-to-us-claim-its-selling-drones-to-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2022\/07\/13\/iranian-envoy-responds-to-us-claim-its-selling-drones-to-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian envoy responds to US claim it\u2019s selling drones to Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ROME \u2014 Iran\u2019s foreign minister insists his country opposes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine<\/a>, but was vague Wednesday about whether Tehran\u2019s military cooperation with Moscow would include sales of drones that could carry missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in the war, Iran was criticized in the West for not condemning Russia\u2019s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. But Wednesday, in the Rome daily La Repubblica, Foreign Minister Hossein-Amir Abdollahian was quoted as saying that \u201cwe are against Russia\u2019s military attack in Ukraine.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abdollahian arrived in Rome on Monday for a visit including meetings with Italian business officials and industrialists, as well as with the Italian foreign minister and Vatican officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Iranian foreign minister was vague when asked about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/2022\/07\/11\/iran-to-deliver-armed-drones-to-russia-white-house-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. contentions that Russia is about to acquire Iranian drones<\/a> that could transport missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have various types of collaboration with Russia, including in the defense sector,\u201d Abdollahian replied. \u201cBut we won\u2019t help either of the sides involved in this war because we believe that it [the war] needs to be stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He went on to slam Western countries, saying their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2022\/07\/08\/us-to-send-more-himars-precision-rockets-to-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">arms manufacturers want to sell weapons<\/a>. \u201cWe will avoid any action that could lead to an escalation, but we will work to stop the war.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nuclear talks with Iran have been at a standstill for months. 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